 It was thereafter referred to as the "ligne de démarcation".French sovereignty persisted throughout the whole territory, including the "zone occupée", Alsace and Moselle, but the terms of the armistice in its third article stipulated that Germany would exercise the rights of an occupying power in the "zone occupée".When the Allies invaded North Africa on 8 November 1942, the Germans and Italians immediately occupied the remaining free part of France.