A France confined to its native land, although still a power, had completely lost the ability to compete for world or even European supremacy.
A native France was at best a European strong country, and any path towards expansion was thoroughly blocked.
Currently, on the Northwest African battlefield, there were over 2 million soldiers engaged in large-scale warfare. The French had pulled nearly a million soldiers, of which more than 400,000 were genuine Frenchmen, with the remaining less than 600,000 drawn from various colonies.
The British had also pulled less than 200,000 soldiers to assist France, as the alliance with the French still existed, and helping the French was the only option for the British at the time.
In German-Italy, the German Army's size remained around 300,000. However, it was this 300,000-strong German Army that posed an unimaginable threat and pressure against the millions of French soldiers.