France

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The Third French Republic holds a colonial empire that stretches from the Caribbean to West Africa to Indochina - but the First World War and the Great Depression left deep scars at home. After years of recession and strikes and socialist governments grappling with ultra-nationalist trends at home and among her neighbors, the average French citizen probably hopped for nothing more from 1939 than peace and a return to normalcy.

But it was not to be....

French National Emblem

Naval Forces	Marine Nationale
Prefix	None
Faction	Allies
Total Ships	17
Carriers	1
Battleships	3
Battlecruisers	0
Heavy Cruisers	2
Light Cruisers	3
Destroyers	6
Submarines	1
Other Vessels	1

This nation is part of the Allies at the start of the game.

Belles of France:

Ship name	Category	Starting ship	Note
Léopard	DD	Yes
Verdun	DD	Yes
Maillé Brézé	DD	Yes
L'Audacieux	DD
Le Triomphant	DD
Volta	DD
Le Malin	DD		Faction Reward, Unreleased
Belle:La Motte-Picquet	CL
Émile Bertin	CL
Marseillaise	CL
Jeanne d'Arc	TCL		October 39 Event, First Half
Suffren	CA
Algérie	CA
Paris	BB
Dunkerque	BB
Provence	BB		November 39 Event, Second Half
Béarn	CV
Surcouf	SC