NationStates Jolt Archive


WW2: France

Titicus
22-02-2006, 03:16
The Third Republic of France

Capital: Paris

Head of State: Paul Reynaud

Government: Republican Parliamentary Democracy

Population:
France: 41,600,000
Colonies: 50,000,000

Total Area: 547,030 sq km

Religions: Catholic Christianity

Ethnicities: French

Natural Resources: coal, iron ore, bauxite, zinc, uranium, antimony, arsenic, potash, feldspar, fluorospar, gypsum, timber, fish

Neighboring countries: Andorra 56.6 km, Belgium 620 km, Germany 451 km, Italy 488 km, Luxembourg 73 km, Monaco 4.4 km, Spain 623 km, Switzerland 573 km



Military Strength

Army:
900,000 regular soldiers.
5 million trained men in reserve
4 Armoured Divisions

Naval Forces:
Aircraft carriers - 1
Carriers - 1
Battleships - 7
Battlecruisers - 7
Heavy cruisers - 7
Light cruisers - 11
Torpedo-boats/destroyers - 81
Minelayers/cruisers - 4
Mine sweepers - 16
Escort vessels - 8
Torpedo motor-boats - 50
Submarine - 79

Air Force:

826 fighter planes - Including Morane-Saulnier 406, the Bloch 152, the Breguet 691, Dewoitine D502, Aresnal VG-33, and the Caudron C714.

250 bombers- Including Farman F222 and the Bloch 131.