Okay the idea of this one is that Vichy France has to survive for as long as possible
If possible is their away to have a free Northern France?
Rules: Vichy France may fall but you must delay this as long as you can
The Allies must win WW2, though The peace is up to you
This assumes of course that the surviving Vichy Regime doesn't declare war on Germany once the Allies start pouring into France. Not sure how much they would be able to grab, but it could be a significant amount depending on how successful they are.
Going on the basis that Vichy france survives the war and begins a military build up but remains in the troops limits imposed by the Germans:
1945
Provisional France: 700,000
French State268,800
Of course now that the Third Reich has fallen the French State will once again be able to launch a large military build up to combat possible invasion by the Provisional state.
Note I am using the idea that 60,000 Vichy troops do not defect to the*Forces Françaises Libres after the Reich invaded the French State.
Another view is the French States Army being 110,000 by 1945 if they do not launch a build up
Also note that I'm not taking the 600,000 Vichy colonial troops into count in this.
Just a thought if this was to turn into a North/South Korea situation![]()
could probably recapture lost land but the allies themselves might put a stop to it.
I was basing that on the premise that the Vichy Regime remains, in the eyes of the Allies, the legitimate one, and De Gaulle was shot down on his way to England (as very nearly happened).
Vichy has far too little credibility in the public, or the international community. I honestly don't see the regime lasting much longer than the end of the war. For it to have any longevity like Franco, then you need it to emerge out of a right wing coup before 1939.
I understand, but I don't think the allies would allow them much beyond pre-war border (in the sense of suggesting pretty strongly to go back once the armistice is signed if they crossed into germany). I think it was at the tehran conference that the US and USSR discussed seriously treating France as an occupied country following the war due to its collaboration with Germany and that was with De Gaulle on their side so imagine their views without a "friendly" government.