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法国

France.png

首都：
Paris
政府类型：
Democratic, Social Democrat
阵营：
None(1936), Allies(1939)

France is a major power in 1936, one of the winners of the Great War, and in control of a globe-spanning empire. Their heartland in Europe is rich; almost half of Africa is under their control, and they have colonies in Indochina, Syria and Guyana, not to mention direct control of islands in all the oceans of the world. However, their government is divided, with Communist influences threatening to weaken it further.

The memory of the Great War is also very much alive, and the people of France are reluctant to fight another major war in Europe. Should an aggressive adversary like Germany threaten its heartland, France is unlikely to be willing to sustain defensive efforts that could see the entire country devastated. On top of that, the French military leadership is made up of old guards who are inexperienced with modern warfare and dangerously complacent regarding the intentions of their enemies.

That being said, if a player takes control of France and is able to iron out all of the country's internal problems and strengthen the military-industrial complex enough before war breaks out, they are in a good position to repulse and defeat both Germany and Italy and annex both countries, thus ending those threats for good.

If played correctly, the Second World War (and any other conflicts before 1948) could very well see France reborn and reshaped and emerge from the crucible of war as the far bigger and stronger

  1. 重定向 Template:国旗. If allied with the
  2. 重定向 Template:国旗 (which can annex all of its dominions and even the
  3. 重定向 Template:国旗 to form the Imperial Federation), these two titans can easily become the dominant superpowers of the post-war world order.

Geography

France is located in Western Europe. It consists of mainland France and the island of Corsica. France also controls a large number of overseas territories and colonies including, Algeria, Syria, Madagascar, and resource-rich Indochina. France is dominated by flat, arable land in the Northwest and forest and highland in the center. France borders

  1. 重定向 Template:国旗 to the north, with the Ardenne forest making natural bulwark. To the Northeast in the region of Alsace-Lorraine lies the small Vosges mountain range and the huge river Rhine, which makes up the natural border with
  2. 重定向 Template:国旗. To the south lies the Pyrenees mountains which separate France from
  3. 重定向 Template:国旗. To the east lies
  4. 重定向 Template:国旗 and
  5. 重定向 Template:国旗 lies to the Southeast separated by the huge Alps mountain range. Significant rivers include the river Rhine between France and
  6. 重定向 Template:国旗, Le Rhône to the southeast, La Seine to the northwest, La Loire which runs through the center, and La Garonne which runs in the southwest.

France both borders the Mediterranean Sea to the south, the English channel to the Northwest and the Bay of Biscay to the west.

Historical background

  1. 重定向 Template:国旗, along with the
  2. 重定向 Template:国旗, guaranteed the independence of
  3. 重定向 Template:国旗 prior to its invasion by
  4. 重定向 Template:国旗. Feeling secured by the Maginot Line in the Eastern provinces of Alsace-Lorraine, France declared war against Germany with the United Kingdom in 1939 after Germany's invasion of Poland. However, around a year later, in 1940, when actual combat ensued between all three powers, the Allied armies were defeated in just six weeks during the Battle of France against Germany and
  5. 重定向 Template:国旗, in contrast to the years-long campaign expectation by both sides. Thinking their chances poor regardless, Germany gambled on a decisive victory by sending Panzer divisions through
  6. 重定向 Template:国旗 and the Ardennes' forested hills, terrain which the French supreme commander Gamelin thought unable to sustain tank movements. The Panzers then drove—without waiting for infantry to secure their supply lines—through France to the English Channel, surrounding the bulk of the Allied forces which had been sent to
  7. 重定向 Template:国旗's border with Germany aiming to deny them room for mobile warfare and overconfident that their main thrust would be through Belgium as in WWI's Schlieffen Plan.

Threatened with annihilation, the British evacuated their expeditionary forces and what Allied units they could until Dunkirk fell. Soon thereafter, the french front collapsed and Germany begun an offensive southwards capturing Paris completely unopposed on the 14th of June and occupying the northern half of France (with the frontline going from Bordeaux to Grenoble) by the 24th of June. The French military completely disintegrated and the French government agreed to an armistice on the 25th of June—effectively surrendering the whole country—in a defeat which caused great astonishment to the rest of the world, as up until that point, France was a leading world power (both economically and militarily) that only 20 years earlier had won the Great War.

After the crushing and humiliating defeat, Germany and Italy annexed territories of eastern France (equivalent to the states of Alsace-Lorraine, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Savoy, Nice and Corsica in-game) while the rest of metropolitan France was placed under the jurisdiction of

  1. 重定向 Template:国旗, a German client state led by Marshal Philippe Pétain with its de facto capital in the french town of Vichy. France's colonial empire on the other hand, was either occupied by the United Kingdom and the Free French forces under general Charles de Gaulle or conquered by the Axis powers (Primarily Italy and Japan).

Events

主条目：French events

National focus

French national focus tree.
主条目：French national focus tree
  1. 重定向 Template:国旗, as one of the seven major powers, got a unique national focus tree.


Technology

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France starts with very good tanks, having unlocked 2 levels of the light tanks tree. This is offset by a major penalty to doctrine research, making it extremely time-consuming to develop proper doctrines.


Army Technology Naval Technology
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  • MAS-36 (Infantry Eq. I)
  • Citroen U23 (Motorized)
  • S15 (Armored Car I)
  • Mountain Infantry I
  • Engineering Company I
  • Recon Company I
  • FCM 36 (Light Tank II)
  • Canon de 75 modèle 1897 (Towed Artillery I)
  • Hotchkiss 25mm (Towed Anti-Air I)
  • 1936 Destroyer Hull
    • Roller-chain DC Racks (Depth Charge I)
  • Early Cruiser Hull
  • 1936 Heavy Ship Hull
    • 300mm Belt/70mm Deck (Battleship Armor II)
    • 283mm Belt/130mm Deck (Battlecruiser Armor II)
  • Deck Conversions
  • 1936 Submarine Hull
    • Twin 550mm TTs (Torpedo Rack I)
  • 138.6mm/40 Model 1927 (Light Battery II)
  • 152mm/55 Model 1930 (Light Cruiser Battery II)
  • 203mm/55 Model 1931 (Heavy Cruiser Battery II)
  • 34cm/45 Model 1912 (Heavy Battery I)
  • 138.6mm/55 Model 1910 (Secondary Battery I)
  • Contact Mines
  • Minelaying Submarine
  • Transport Ship
  • 25mm/60 Hotchkiss 1940 (Anti-Air Battery II)
  • Nieuport-Delage NiD 62 (Interwar Fighter)
    • Dewoitine D.376 (Interwar Carrier Fighter)
  • Breguet BR.693 (Close Air Support I)
  • Latécoère 298 (Naval Bomber I)
    • Latécoère 298B (Carrier Naval Bomber I)
  • Amiot 143 (Tactical Bomber I)
  • Fuel Storage
  • Fuel Refining I
Doctrines
  • None
Without Man the Guns
  • La Fantasque Class (Destroyer II)
  • La Galissonnière Class (Light Cruiser II))
  • Algérie Class (Heavy Cruiser II)
  • Dunkerque Class (Battlecruiser II)
  • Courbet Class (Battleship I)
    • Upgraded Bretagne Class
  • Béarn Class (Carrier I)
  • Minerve Class (Submarine II)
  • Transport Ship

France is the only nation to start with Battlecruiser II, a 1940 technology.

Politics

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National spirits

France starts with four National Spirits in

  1. 重定向 Template:图标 and more in
  2. 重定向 Template:图标:

With the

  1. 重定向 Template:图标 expansion enabled, France starts with an additional national spirit:
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Disjointed Government can possibly be removed by completing National Focuses in the Popular Front/National Bloc branch.

Victors of the Great War can be removed by completing the Army Reform focus at the bottom of the Begin Rearmament tree.

Changing conscription laws will make Full Employment worse but can be removed with the National focus.

Political parties

Political Party Ideology Popularity Party Leader Country Name Is Ruling?
Parti Radical
  1. 重定向 Template:图标 Democratic || 64% ||Pierre Laval || France || Yes
Parti Communiste Francais
  1. 重定向 Template:图标 Communist ||20% || Maurice Thorez || French Commune || No
Mouvement Franciste
  1. 重定向 Template:图标 Fascist || 1% || Philippe Pétain ||Nation Française(If Independent)/Vichy France(If formed by Germany's decision) || No
Non-Aligned
  1. 重定向 Template:图标 Non-Aligned || 15% || Generic || Orleanist France(If Orleanist)/Bourbon France(If Legitimist)/French Empire(If Imperialist) || No

Diplomacy

France starts outside of the Allies at the start of 1936, but has options to join later. They also have focuses to form their own faction with

  1. 重定向 Template:国旗 and invite
  2. 重定向 Template:国旗 and
  3. 重定向 Template:国旗 to form the Little Entente.

France has a focus to unlock decisions concerning whether to intervene in the Spanish Civil War, or encourage non-interference by other parties.

Diplomatic rules

Rule Whether it applies Reason
Can declare war on country of the same ideology group without a war goal
  1. 重定向 Template:红字 || Democracy
Can Guarantee other Ideologies
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字 || Democracy
Can create Factions
  1. 重定向 Template:红字 || No National Spirit. Requires National Focus
Lowers World Tension with Guarantees
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字 || Democracy
Can puppet a country
  1. 重定向 Template:红字 || Democracy
Can justify wargoals against a country that have not generated world tension
  1. 重定向 Template:红字 || Democracy
Can create collaboration governments
  1. 重定向 Template:红字 || Democracy

Decisions

France can form the

  1. 重定向 Template:国旗 through a decision if it is
  2. 重定向 Template:图标democratic and controls the requisite territories (those being all of its own starting core states a well as the starting core states of
  3. 重定向 Template:国旗,
  4. 重定向 Template:国旗, the
  5. 重定向 Template:国旗,
  6. 重定向 Template:国旗 and
  7. 重定向 Template:国旗.

Staff and designers

These are choices of ministers and design companies for France.

Political Advisors
Advisor Type Effect Cost(
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Maurice Thorez Communist Revolutionary
  • Daily Communism Support:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字

Has completed focus Invite Communist Ministers

  1. 重定向 Template:图标 Gets event Protests descend into violence
 150
Marcel Bucard Fascist Demagogue
  • Daily Fascism Support:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字

Has completed focus Utilize the Leagues

  1. 重定向 Template:图标 Gets event Protests descend into violence
 150
René Massigli Hawk
  • Stability:
  1. 重定向 Template:红字
  • War Support:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字

Has completed focus Confirm Eastern Commitments
Ruling party is

  1. 重定向 Template:图标Democratic
 75
Georges Bonnet Humble Appeaser
  • Stability:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
  • War Support:
  1. 重定向 Template:红字

Has completed focus Buy Time
Ruling party is

  1. 重定向 Template:图标Democratic
 75
Charles Maurras National Integralist
  • Political Power Gain:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
  • Weekly Stability:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字

Has completed focus Integralism
Ruling party is

  1. 重定向 Template:图标Fascist or
  2. 重定向 Template:图标Non-Aligned
 75
Philippe Henriot Propaganda Master
  • War Support:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字

Has completed focus National Regeneration
Ruling party is

  1. 重定向 Template:图标Fascist
 75
Pierre Pucheu Technocrat
  • Research Speed:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
  • Civilian Factory construction speed:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字

Ruling party is

  1. 重定向 Template:红字
  2. 重定向 Template:图标Communist
 150
Vincent Auriol Financial Expert
  • Consumer Goods Factories:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字

Has completed focus Form the Popular Front

150
Roger Salengro Compassionate Gentleman
  • Improve relations opinion:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字

Has completed focus Form the Popular Front

150
Léon Blum Democratic Reformer
  • Daily Democracy Support:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
 150
Gaston Henry-Haye Silent Workhorse
  • Political Power Gain:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
 150
Paul Baudouin Smooth-Talking Charmer
  • Trade deal opinion factor:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
 150
Jacques Duclos Backroom Backstabber
  • Political Power Gain:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
  • Ideology drift defense:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
 150
Félix Gouin Captain of Industry
  • Civilian Factory construction speed:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
  • Infrastructure construction speed:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
  • Refinery construction speed:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
 150
Charles Tillon Armaments Organizer
  • Civilian to Military Factory conversion speed:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
 150
Paul Reynaud Quartermaster general
  • Air Base construction speed:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
  • Naval Base construction speed:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
  • Rocket Site construction speed:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
  • Radar Station construction speed:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
  • Nuclear Reactor construction speed:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
 150
Zivony Peshkov War Industrialist
  • Military Factory Construction Speed:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
  • Dockyard Construction Speed:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
  • Fuel Silo Construction Speed:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
 150
Denis Péllissier Illusive Gentleman
  • Operative slots:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
  • Agency upgrade time:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字

  1. 重定向 Template:图标Has created an Intelligence Agency
 150
Tank Designers
Designer Type Effect Cost(
  1. 重定向 Template:图标)
AMX Mobile Tank Designer
  • Armor Research Speed:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
  • Armor:
    • Max Speed:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
    • Reliability:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字

By selecting this Design Company it will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.
Has completed focus Army Reform

150
Renault Heavy Tank Designer
  • Armor Research Speed:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
  • Armor:
    • Armor:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
    • Hard Attack:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字

By selecting this Design Company it will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.

150
Hotchkiss Infantry Tank Designer
  • Armor Research Speed:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
  • Armor:
    • Soft Attack:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
    • Armor:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字

By selecting this Design Company it will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.
Has completed focus Infantry Tanks

150
APX Medium Tank Designer
  • Armor Research Speed:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
  • Armor:
    • Reliability:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
    • Soft Attack:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字

By selecting this Design Company it will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.

150
Panhard Armored Car Designer
  • Armor Research Speed:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
  • Armored Car:
    • Max Speed:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
    • Soft Attack:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
    • Hard Attack:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字

By selecting this Design Company it will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.

150
Ship Designers
Designer Type Effect Cost(
  1. 重定向 Template:图标)
FCM Mediterranean Fleet Designer
  • Naval Research Speed:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
  • Capital Ship:
    • Max Range:
  1. 重定向 Template:红字
    • Max Speed:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
  • Screen:
    • Max Range:
  1. 重定向 Template:红字
    • Max Speed:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字

By selecting this Design Company it will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.

150
AEB Escort Fleet Designer
  • Naval Research Speed:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
  • Screen:
    • Max Range:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
    • Sub Detection:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
    • Max Speed:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
  1. 重定向 Template:图标Production Cost:
  2. 重定向 Template:红字

By selecting this Design Company it will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.

150
ACL Atlantic Fleet Designer
  • Naval Research Speed:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
  • Carrier:
    • Armor:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
    • HP:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
  • Capital Ship:
    • Armor:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
    • Heavy Attack:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字

By selecting this Design Company it will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.

150
ACF Raiding Fleet Designer
  • Naval Research Speed:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
  • Carrier:
    • Surface Visibility:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
    • Max Speed:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
    • Deck Size:
  1. 重定向 Template:红字
  • Capital Ship:
    • Surface Visibility:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
    • Max Speed:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
    • Heavy Attack:
  1. 重定向 Template:红字
  • Screen:
    • Surface Visibility:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
    • Max Speed:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
  • Submarine:
    • Sub Visibility:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
    • Surface Visibility:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
    • Max Speed:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字

By selecting this Design Company it will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.

150
Aircraft Designers
Designer Type Effect Cost(
  1. 重定向 Template:图标)
Morane-Saulnier Light Aircraft Designer
  • Air Research Speed:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
  • Fighter:
    • Agility:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
    • Max Speed:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
  • Carrier Fighter:
    • Agility:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
    • Max Speed:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字

By selecting this Design Company it will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.

150
Bloch Medium Aircraft Designer
  • Air Research Speed:
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  • Heavy Fighter: Reliability:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
  • Tactical Bomber: Reliability:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字

By selecting this Design Company it will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.

150
Amiot Heavy Aircraft Designer
  • Air Research Speed:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
  • Strategic Bomber: Strategic Bombing:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字

By selecting this Design Company it will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.

150
Levasseur Naval Aircraft Designer
  • Air Research Speed:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
  • Naval Bomber:
    • Range:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
    • Naval Attack:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
  • CV Naval Bomber:
    • Range:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
    • Naval Attack:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
  • Carrier Fighter:
    • Range:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
    • Agility:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
  • Carrier CAS:
    • Range:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
    • Naval Attack:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字

By selecting this Design Company it will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.

150
Materiel Designers
Designer Type Effect Cost(
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MAS Infantry Equipment Designer
  • Weapons and Equipment Research Speed:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
 150
SOMUA Motorized Equipment Designer
  • Motorization Research Speed:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
 150
Schneider Artillery Designer
  • Artillery Research Speed:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
 150
Industrial Concern
Designer Type Effect Cost(
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FAMH Industrial Concern
  • Industrial Research Speed:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
 150
Theorists
Designer Type Effect Cost(
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Charles de Gaulle Blitzkrieg Theorist
  • Army Experience Gain:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字 daily
  • Land Doctrine Research Speed:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
  • Armor: Max Speed:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字

Has completed focus Battle of Maneuver

75
Louis Kahn Grand Fleet Proponent
  • Naval Experience Gain:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字 daily
  • Fleet in Being Doctrine:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
 250
Victor Denain Assault Aviation
  • Air Experience Gain:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字 daily
  • Operational Integrity Doctrine:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
 250
Henri Giraud Military Theorist
  • Army Experience Gain:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字 daily
  • Land Doctrine Research Speed:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
 150
Jean Decoux Naval Theorist
  • Naval Experience Gain:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字 daily
  • Naval Doctrine Research Speed:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
 150
Jean-Marie Bergeret Air Warfare Theorist
  • Air Experience Gain:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字 daily
  • Air Doctrine Research Speed:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
 150
Frédéric & Iréne Joliot-Curie Nuclear Scientist
  • Nuclear Research Speed:
  1. 重定向 Template:绿字
 150

Economy

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Laws

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征兵法案 经济法案 贸易法案
Limited conscription.png 有限征兵
  • 2.5% 适役人口
 Civilian economy.png 民用经济
  • 35% 生活消费品工厂
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  1. 重定向 Template:红字 民用工厂建造速度
  1. 重定向 Template:红字 军转民消耗
  1. 重定向 Template:红字 民转军消耗
  1. 重定向 Template:红字 石油转换燃油效率
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  • 50% 可出口资源
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  1. 重定向 Template:绿字 工厂/海军船坞产出
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  1. 重定向 Template:红字 泄露给他国的民政情报
  1. 重定向 Template:红字 泄露给他国的海军情报

Industry

Factories 1936
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    8 Military Factories
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    10 Naval Dockyard
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    33 Civilian Factories

Military production is dwarfed by Germany (20 more factories) and Italy (11 more factories) and only on par with Belgium. The player can also expect production to be crippled by the 1936 strikes. However, the very good civilian production allows for considerable military buildup in the years before the war and France can easily build up its industry to a comparable level once the strikes and other negative modifiers have been removed.

Resources

Total resources 1936
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Rubber 		Steel.png
Steel 		Aluminum.png
Aluminum 		Tungsten.png
Tungsten 		Chromium.png
Chromium
0 27 726 335 13 49

These numbers represent the base available resources, depending on the trade law a certain amount may be traded away.

France has access to huge amounts of

  1. 重定向 Template:图标 and
  2. 重定向 Template:图标. They also control large supplies of
  3. 重定向 Template:图标, Chromium and
  4. 重定向 Template:图标 from their Asian colonies. They have no access to
  5. 重定向 Template:图标 so they need to import that.

Military

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The Maginot Line: Heavy fortifications (Seven level 10 forts) at the border to Germany.

Army

France has 74 divisions in 1936, but many of those are colonial divisions with only six infantry battalions, and their armored divisions are basically brigades:

  • Six are Division de Cavalerie with 4x cavalry and a cavalry recon detachment.
  • Seven are Division d'Infanterie Motorisée with 9x motorized, support artillery and a motorized recon company.
  • Nine are Division Coloniale with 9x infantry and support artillery.
  • Four are Division d'Infanterie Alpine with 12x mountaineers and no support.
  • One is a Divisione Légère Mécanique with 4x motorized, 2x light tanks and a motorized recon company.
  • Five are Brigade de Chars de Combat with 4x light tanks and no support.
  • Nineteen are Division d'Infanterie with 9x infantry and support artillery.
  • The remaining 23 are Brigade Coloniale with 6x infantry, no support, and low reinforcement priority.

France relies on the heavy fortifications at the border to Germany, the Maginot Line to defend them. With its far-flung and vast colonial possessions, defending them against attack will require a higher concentration of light, fast forces compared to Metropole defense.

In terms of technology, France has a good head start on mechanized, motorized and tank forces with only a little catch-up for infantry weapons. The problem with fielding a modern army will be expanding France's production base, which is both extremely limited and faced with the prospect of crippling manpower shortages in the very near future in 1936.

Examples of alternative division template names for France include:

  • Mountaineers - Division d'Infanterie Alpine
  • Marines - Division d'Infanterie de Marine
  • Paratroopers - Division Aéroportée
  • Motorized - Division d'Infanterie Motorisée
  • Mechanized - Division d'Infanterie Mécanisée
  • Armor - Division Blindée
Motorized units list
Name Type Techyear
Citroen U23 Motorized 1936
S15 Interwar Armored Car 1936
Citroen P107 Mechanized I 1940
Panhard 165 Basic Armored Car 1940
SOMUA MCG Mechanized II 1942
Panhard 178 Improved Armored Car 1942
AMX VCI Mechanized III 1944
Tank units list
Name Type Techyear Tank Destroyer / SP-Artillery / Armored AA Variants
FT 17 Great War Tank 1918 None
H35 Light Tank I 1934 Generic
FCM 36 Light Tank II 1936 AMR 35 ZT-3 (TD)
AMX 12t Light Tank III 1941 F3 155 mm (SPA)
AMC 35 Medium Tank I 1939 W15 TCC (TD) / ARL V39 (SPA)
S35 Medium Tank II 1941 SAu 40 (TD) / 105 AM (SPA)
SARL 42 Medium Tank III 1943 Generic
B1 Heavy Tank I 1934 Canone de 194 (SPA)
ARL 44 Heavy Tank II 1941 Generic
AMX-M4 Heavy Tank III 1943 Generic
FCM F-1 Super Heavy Tank 1943 Generic
AMX 50t MBT 1945 Generic

Navy

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France has 1 Carrier(CV), 5 Battleships(BB), 7 Heavy Cruisers(CA), 7 Light Cruisers(CL), 52 Destroyers(DD) and 63 Submarines(SS) at the start, and boasts a somewhat modern - if badly understrength - fleet. Whilst the Marine Nationale is strong enough to decisively defeat either the Kriegsmarine or the Regia Marina alone, it would have no chance against a combined Axis fleet. As with her tanks, France begins the game with modern naval technology, such as 1936 BB, DD and SS techs and two unique designs: La Fantasque, a destroyer model with tier 3 (1940) engines, and the Surcouf Class submarine with 3 custom slots. Many of these designs are clearly aimed against an anti-surface role, prioritizing fast, lightly-armored ships with minimal ASW capability and strong scouting capabilities. However, poor naval infrastructure and low shipbuilding priority means that constructing a large modern fleet is not easy, and in fact can often be counter-productive in that it denies vital raw materials from tank and motorized production.

Naval units list
Name Type Count Production Techyear Design note
Bourrasque Class* Destroyer 26 1922 DD battery I, AA I, 2xTT I
Chacal Class* Destroyer 24 1922 Bourrasque + DC I and Light Engine II
La Fantasque Class Destroyer 2 4 1922 DD battery II, AA I, TT I, TT II, DC I, Light Engine III
Mogador Class Destroyer 1936 2xDD battery II, AA I, TT II, DC I
Duguay-Trouin Class* Light Cruiser 5 1922 2xCL I batteries, TT I, scout plane I, no armor
Émile Bertin Class Minelayer (CL) 1 1922 2xCL II batteries, 2xAA I, mines, no armor
La Galissonniére Class Light Cruiser 1 4 1922 2xAA I, 2xCL II batteries, scout plane I, CL armor I
Suffren Class* Heavy Cruiser 6 1922 2xCA I battery, AA I, TT I, scout plane I, CA Armor I
Algérie Class Heavy Cruiser 1 1922 2xCA I batteries, 2x AA I, scout plane I, CA Armor I
Surcouf Class Submarine 1 1918 2xTT I, scout plane I
600 Series* Submarine 19 1922 TT I
630 Series* Submarine 16 1922 TT I
Saphir Class* Minelayer (SS) 6 1922 TT I, mines
Minerve Class Submarine 4 1922 2xTT I, Submarine Engine II
Redoutable Class Submarine 21 3 1936 2xTT I
Dunkerque Class Battlecruiser 1 1936 2xBB I batteries, 2x AA I, 2xSecondary I, Scout Plane 1, BC Armor II
Courbet Class* Battleship 2 1922 2xBB I batteries, 1xAA I, 3xSecondary I, BB Armor I
Bretagne Class Battleship 3 1922 2xBB I batteries, 2xAA I, 2xSecondary I, BB Armor I
Richelieu Class Battleship 1 1936 2xBB II batteries, 2xAA I, scout plane II, 2xSecondary II, BB Armor II
Béarn Class Aircraft Carrier 1 1922 2xHangar Space, 1xAA I, 1x Secondary I
* marks a variant as "obsolescent".

Air force

Aircraft 1936
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France starts with 450 fighters, 42 Naval Bombers and 204 modern Tactical Bombers. It is a rather good air force, but it will need to be significantly strengthened before the war starts.

Military staff

These are the Military Staff candidates for appointment in France.

Chief of Army
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Henri Marie Auguste Bineau Army Offense (Specialist)
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Pierre Alombert Goget Army Defense (Specialist)
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Alphonse Georges Army Maneuver (Specialist)
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Chief of Navy
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Marcel Gensoul Naval Aviation (Specialist)
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Jean-Marie Abrial Commerce Raiding (Expert)
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Chief of the Air force
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Joseph Vuillemin Ground Support (Specialist)
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Robert Odic All-Weather (Specialist)
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Phillipe Féquant Air Reformer (Expert)
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Military High Command
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René Prioux Cavalry (Expert)
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Charles Huntizger Army Logistics (Specialist)
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Philippe Leclerc Commando (Expert)
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Alfred Heurtaux Air Combat Training (Expert)
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Martial Valin Air Superiority (Expert)
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Jean-Francois Jannekeyn Tactical Bombing (Expert)
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Jean de Laborde Capital Ships (Specialist)
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 150
Émile Muselier Fleet Logistics (Expert)
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René-Emile Godfroy Screens (Expert)
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Strategies and guides

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Forming the European Union

France is quite possibly the best candidate to form the European Union as if staying democratic, it can expect to end up in a defensive war against both Germany and Italy, allowing both countries to be annexed in a single peace treaty. The main problem with forming the EU as France is the inability to annex Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg but this can be worked around by going down the French Entente line in the focus tree. Be sure to kick Czechoslovakia out of the faction before Sudetenland as otherwise you will end up in a war with Germany too early. Wait for Germany to capitulate all the minors on the mainland before justifying on an axis member and joining the war.

Once the war starts its important to deny military access to all other belligerents and rack up massive war score on your own. The most straightforward approach would be to first neutralize Italy by launching naval invasions to encircle and destroy their troops before marching on Rome. Start in Sicily and work your way up the peninsula towards Rome. If you have land forts around level 6 or higher then the Axis nations will be very hesitant to assault your positions and you can focus on taking down Italy. Once Italy falls, be sure to quickly capitulate Germany before the Allies are able to do that. You need to have a high war score in order to pull off this strategy.

Once the Axis powers are defeated and the peace treaty commences, annex the BeNeLux (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxemborg) countries in their entirety and as much of Italy and Germany in the first peace treaty as possible. Try to annex all coastal states as the allies will not annex any states that they cannot reach. Only Italy's and Germany's starting regions are needed so a German Republic forming in Austria or an Italian Republic forming in Albania (due to Allied demands) is very convenient if you can cut then off and stop them from getting more land in the peace deal.

An alternative (albeit untested) way to form the EU is to allow Hungary to become a major power and then occupy and hold the territories needed before the peace deal.

Lastly, it is also possible to take advantage of several random events to increase Communist support high enough and flip France to communism, allowing them to manually justify war goals on Belgium, Luxemburg and the Netherlands and annex them, then progress down the Democratic branch of the National Focus tree and drift back to Democracy and form the EU.

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