[Global 1940] 2nd Revised Setup For France

@FranceNeedsMorePower

Those sound like great ideas! I don’t think a tank in Algeria would work though, North Africa had very little heavy equipment, certainly not enough to be represented at this scale. Maybe an artillery? If not the fighter, I don’t think there should be more French units in London. We should definitely have a transport somewhere. Either sea zone 110 or 93.

Yeah, that French fighter could simply represent the vast numbers of non-British pilots flying for the Allies at the time.

@FranceNeedsMorePower

I was referring to adding 1 UK infantry in France (could also be Normandy Bordeaux) and a French transport somewhere, both of which I think are good ideas.

@FranceNeedsMorePower

I agree. I don’t think the Second BEF made it that far inland.

I really like adding units to Indochina and the adjacent sea zone.

@FranceNeedsMorePower

British Expeditionary Force. I was referring to the real life formation.

I don’t think we should add a French infantry, they didn’t really exist there at the time. I’d like to imagine that the infantry in Syria, when moved down to Egypt, would represent the historical Free French forces in Egypt.

@FranceNeedsMorePower I’ve enjoyed reading this thread. I like the idea of adding even just 1 UK infantry to Normandy, but I am not so sure about adding to Paris. That territory is designed to fall G1 or else the game is wildly altered, and I think that while making France a little bulkier isn’t bad, it needs to be done elsewhere. I like adding the following from what you two have said:

• 1 UK inf. to Normandy,
• 1 or French inf. to Indochina
• 1 French destroyer in SZ 36 next to Indochina
  1 French transport in SZ 105, right off the coast of Bordeaux. This is undefended, but to take it out the Axis need to spare a ship or plane sorely needed elsewhere in round 1.

@FranceNeedsMorePower Italy already is shafted in this game. Adding Allied units to Africa is just one more nail in the coffin and makes that theater even more unbalanced, IMHO.

@FranceNeedsMorePower But if you put the transport in 110 then it will just be sunk with the rest of the fleet without Germany having to use any resources to get to it. It is entirely pointless in 110.

Also, moving all the UK units to Normandy makes Paris a soft target, and Germany won’t lose any more than a few infantry. They’ll just take Paris turn 1, and then throw their air force with a few infantry at Normandy turn 2. I like keeping the 2 UK units in Paris there.

@FranceNeedsMorePower

I think that works.

I don’t think there should be submarine in New Hebridies out of historical accuracy.

To make up moving the British units to Normandy Bordeaux the units in that territory should move into Paris.

The French transport in sea zone 105 is probably a better idea for Tamer of Beasts’ reasons.