Quote Originally Posted by Brenus
And try to persuade the French that they couldn’t carry on the fight against Germany (enemy) because France have no soldiers left, but enough soldiers to fight against England (ally).
The French could not carry on, because they were outmanoeuvred, not because they had no more men. Joining the Axis would have improved the conditions of peace and the French would have been able to increase the army and navy again.
Germany was no longer the enemy, Britain had attacked and killed French soldiers without declaration of war and it took the colonies away. Hardly the attidute you expect from an ally.
Quote Originally Posted by Brenus
And because I am a sceptic, if your look at the map of the French Colonies, you will see they in fact were very easy to take, as it was shown in 1942.
They did loose the colonies anyway.
Quote Originally Posted by Brenus
Hitler obliged France to dismantle her armies, and this decision had as consequences to cut the fighting power of the entire Empire. In Syria and Madagascar against the British, in Indochina against the Japanese, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia against the UK & US, each time the French were ill equipped and, even if they try to resist they were defeated. They were still equipped of Renault FT tanks…
Ironically, Hitler chooses to punish France and cut any possibilities for the traitor Petain to help him efficiently.
German air and submarine bases at Dakar and Marokko, German tanks at Syria and German batteries on the other side of Gibraltar - that would have made a difference.