So basically France gets treated even worse than OTL but miraculously this is what makes them a full-fledged axis member?
Must be the abuse theory of ensuring submissive loyalty. The French population is supposed to roll over like a beaten spouse.
So basically France gets treated even worse than OTL but miraculously this is what makes them a full-fledged axis member?
And don't the Japanese want French Indochina?
And why are the Germans not worried about being outnumbered 2 to 1 by French divisions in France? Once someone has ratted on their old allies, there is a good chance they will do the same with their new allies.
...consider the OTL support of the Axis. The Germans did sponsor the Charlemagne group for service on the eastern front. The volunteers received substantial incentives including benefits for family and relatives. France still had a large anti Communist population. But despite that the Charlemagne Division never received enough recruits to maintain strength and shrank to a regiment size battle group. When the Allies invaded French north Africa in 1942 the Germans attempted to recruit a full size French corps to fight the invader. They were never able to recruit a full size battalion, & that swiftly shrank to a single company.
the other side of the coin was that there was not (prior to 1942) huge defections to Free French?
so you start from the point that Vichy regime able to maintain French empire somewhat intact and not a base for Allies, a chief goal of Nazis.
if you take OTL events what happened? some collaboration in aviation field then later seized parts of merchant fleet, my view that is good indication of what might be feasible. (with the latter being negotiated for)