French Collapse

[mroyer]

Is there any advantage to the Axis side to not accepting a French armistice, but instead force the complete collapse? Or is it always better to accept the armistice?

-Mark R.

[AlvaroSousa]

Less loss
The French navy doesn't join the Axis

[Simulacra53]

What do the French colonies do if she surrenders, join the allies?

[AlvaroSousa]

Oops I mean French navy doesn't join the ALLIES!!!! Not the Axis if you don't Vichy

French colonies would technically be Germany. But the Allies should be in there occupying those locations.

[mroyer]

So, I went for the armistice to keep tne navy out of British hands. I'm not sure if there's ever any reason to NOT accept the armistice.

When I accepted the armistice, the French colonial territory immediately switched to German control. So... thought I'd be brilliant and ship a German division to Syria. It got there and set up in Beirut. When I got my next turn (PBEM) I saw that Syria was no longer German controlled, but Vichy French controlled and the German division was destroyed for no place to displace to [:(] Not so brilliant, after all.

-Mark R.

[Essro]

ORIGINAL: mroyer

So, I went for the armistice to keep tne navy out of British hands. I'm not sure if there's ever any reason to NOT accept the armistice.

When I accepted the armistice, the French colonial territory immediately switched to German control. So... thought I'd be brilliant and ship a German division to Syria. It got there and set up in Beirut. When I got my next turn (PBEM) I saw that Syria was no longer German controlled, but Vichy French controlled and the German division was destroyed for no place to displace to [:(] Not so brilliant, after all.

-Mark R.

the German division did not go back into your deploy queue?

[AlvaroSousa]

It does if it can go somewhere. If it doesn't it is destroyed. The distance is rather large.

[mroyer]

Right, it was destroyed outright. Not a biggie really - It just threw me that it showed Syria as German territory after I accepted the armistice, then immediately took it away [:)]
-Mark R.

[Twotribes]

You have to control the "capitol" of the colony to get it to switch from Vichy.