Occupied Zone

The occupied zone is the name given to the part of the France during the Second world war where stationed the German troops of occupation. The Line of demarcation separated it from the free Zone. After the occupation of this last in November 1942, this zone is renamed Northern zone .

Subdivisions

the area the Alsace-Moselle is annexed by the Third Reich. Thousands of inhabitants are expelled towards the free zone. The Moselle is attached to the district of the Saar-Palatinat, renamed Gau Westmark.
the areas located at north and the North-East are declared prohibited with the return of the refugees, because intended for the establishment of German colonists: the Nord-Pas-de-Calais is attached to the German command of Brussels, and takes the name of “closed Area”, and the areas placed at the east of a line Charleville-Mézières - Saint-Dizier - Dôle, are declared “zones reserved”, because intended for the future constitution of a “Country germanized Thiois”, thanks to a policy of massive colonization.
In 1941, all the Handle-Atlantic littoral is also declared “prohibited”, it is the coastal area of the Atlantic Wall, broad 10 kilometers.

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