The Fall of France

After the quick mobilization of 7th Army inside France, Paris was solidly under US control despite the rioting on Communist rebels who refused to surrender to occupying imperialists. Simultaneously, in Metz, planes took off and destroyed French military positions causing panic amongst French forces due to improper communications. Holding the French President hostage in Paris, and expanding from Bordeaux with another division, The US quickly smashed numerous strategic areas while utilizing a pincer maneuver in numerous places to overcome a numerical disadvantage. A naval blockade also occured alongside the West Coast.

Meanwhile in the Mediterranean theater, the French response to the American convoys led to their humiliating defeat. The battleship fleet in Tyre, which the French forgot about, destroyed France's forces in a terrible loss to their navy and air forces.

The forces of the UK and Benelux were able to advance deep into France during this disarray. Lille was easily surrounded, and forces Marched from Marseille to Avignon, where the city was fiercely defended by Communists but fell within 2 weeks regardless. They then moved onto Lyon and Dijon, before turning towards Paris and meeting with USA troops.

France claims to have never surrendered, and so fighting rages all around the country. However, the former President is being held hostage in Paris while other senior officials are reigning from undisclosed locations abroad. Revolts begin and end daily, and the situation is highly unstable. Because of this, many companies and people are fleeing the violence of this war, where more than 13,000 civilians, 53,000 French troops and 67,000 OFN troops have perished on one of the bloodiest conflicts post WW2. Both sides took to destroying populated targets and fierce resistance left many fighting till their deaths. The Be-Ne-Lux took the brunt of this war, and have left with the greatest of the spoils too. Indian leaders call a further partition, where Occitania has a separate adminstration

Benelux deaths: 30,210

USA deaths: 12,392

UK deaths: 15,032