Desert Dave Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 Originally posted by electron libre: More details about "Forces Francaises Libres" can be found here: Forces Francaise libres In summary (since it's in french): ------------- december 1940: ------------- -> 7000 mens in UK -> 17500 mens in Africa ------------- december 1941: ------------- -> around 50000 mens in total all over the world. among them: -> 1150 in UK -> 26640 In Asia -> 5200 in Libya -> 18000 in other parts of Africa. ------------- december 1942: ------------- -> around 70000 mens in total ------------- december 1943: ------------- -> 4 divisions in Italy -> 1 division in Corsica -> 3 Infantry divisions and 4 Armored divisions in North Africa ------------- september 1944: ------------- 560 000 mens ------------- end of 1944: ------------- 1 million mens among them: -> 6 Infantry divisions and 3 Armored divisions in Alsace (France). -> 1 division in Atlantic coast (I guess around the german pockets) ------------- may 1945: ------------- 1 250 000 mens (to be compared to the 5 000 000 mens from USA, UK and Canada in Europe) among them: -> 10 divisions in Germany -> 3 division in the Alpes -> 3 divisions in Atlantic coast So what we can see is that FFL was not really significant in terms of SC2 scale before ~ end 1941, but then it kept growing before liberation of France which is not really simulated in the game. So I would suggest some script that would give some Free French units between ~ 1942 and 1944 (may be one corps or 2). It could be triggered by the liberation of Algeria for instance. Well I'll be doggoned. If this doesn't match what I said in the "darkness & light" thread almost identically. So yippee, there you go. It's been said... twice. One from Anglophile source, one from French files. It's a miracle - these 2 ancient civilizations agree on something! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaoJah Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 Originally posted by Cheese Panzer: The Dutch still had colonial poseesion in Asia which I'm sure were reinforced, but the Belgians pretty much had no place to go and no real reason to keep fighting.The Belgians owned Congo, a HUGE place in central Africa with alot of mineral resources and rubber. The reason why Belgium surrendered so fast, was because the King of Belgium had nazi-symphaties. The governement went to London, but the King stayed in Belgium and surrendered to the Germans, who in turn treated him very, very nice. He even got married with his mistress during occupation. Needless to say that the King was evicted from his throne after the war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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