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Invasion of France
Time
War World War III
Previous War in Scandinavia
Concurrent Invasion of Switzerland
Next Escape from Dunkirk
Place
Date February - May 1966
Place France
Result Paris captured, Allies forced to retreat
Combatants
SovietLogoThumbSoviet Union AlliedLogoThumbAllied Nations
Commanders
• General Nikolai Krukov

• Colonel Cima Len Davidova
• Colonel Oleg Vodnik

• Field Marshal Robert Bingham

• General Réne Lyon

Strength
Figures represent initial attack

French Front

• Conscript Army
• 1,100,000 men
• 5th-6th, 12th-14th, 20th-21st Infantry Armies
• 840,000 men
• 3rd-6th Motor Rifle Divisions
• 950 KDB-2 Bullfrogs
• 2,300 KDB-5 Sickles
• 1,150 ICV-4 Pincers
• 3rd, 6th, 12th-15th Tank Divisions
• 1,700 T-64 Hammer Tanks
• 3,400 T-58 Rhino Tanks
• Assorted vehicular, air, infantry, artillery and support elements
• 3rd Heavy Tank Regiment
• 10 JS-4 Apocalypse Tanks
• 212 T-64 Hammer Tanks
• Associated vehicular, support, air, artillery, and infantry elements
• 9th Artillery Division
• 547 Myeche MML Tracks
• 299 V4 Rocket Launchers
• 451 V3 Rocket Launchers
• 303 BM-33 Katyusha Trucks

Western Front Air Command

• 448 MiG-19E Fighters
• 196 Tu-24 Badger Bombers
• 344 Twinblades
• 12 Kirov Airships

Soviet Atlantic Fleet

• 3 Dreadnought-class Missile Cruisers
CCCP Irkutsk
CCCP Leningrad
CCCP Perm
• 5 Potemkin-class Battleships
CCCP Golovko
CCCP Kirponos
CCCP Oktyabrsky
CCCP Konovalov
CCCP Vladimirsky
• 36 Akula-class submarines
• 76 Manta Ekranoplans
• 210 Stingray-class Strike Craft
• 240 KDB-2 Bullfrogs
•3,000 Naval Infantrymen
Figures represent initial defence

French Army

• 493,000 men
• 750 Multigunner IFV Mk. Is
• 1,500 MBT-X8 Guardian Tanks
• 2,000 PzKpfw VI Mastiff Tanks
• 750 PzJg 44 Bulldog Tank Destroyers
• 600 Sd.Kfz. 301.t Whippet Taifun AA Half-Tracks
• 900 FnACV-66D3 Riptides

Allied Peacekeeper Expeditionary Force

• 8,000 Peacekeepers
• 12,000 Marines
• 1,500 FnACV-66D3 Riptides
• 500 Multigunner IFV Mk. Is
• 1,000 MBT-X8 Guardian Tanks
• 200 XMTB-66 Mirage Tanks
• 400 FM-042c Horizon Tanks
• 400 Sd.Kfz. 301.t Whippet Taifun AA Half-Tracks

Allied North Atlantic Fleet

• 3 Von Esling-class Aircraft Carrier
ANV Liberté
ANV Republic
ANV Weimar
• 18 Michell-class Assault Destroyers
• 30 Hispaniola-class Hydrofoils

Allied French Air Command

• 328 F-11 Apollo Fighters
• 110 TB-1V Vindicator Bombers
• 72 B-2X Century Bombers
• 240 GIC-F Cutlass Ramjets
• 125 Cardinal Transport Helicopters

Maginot Line

• 14 Maginot Line Fortresses
Casualties
• Heavy • Heavy
Civilian casualties
• Heavy

• Paris occupied

Background[]

After the fall of Germany, the Soviets were poised to drive the Allies from Europe. The allies had fled back to France in disarray after the loss of Germany. The Maginot line was the only thing that stood in the way of the Soviets.

Force Composition[]

The Soviets put together a massive force of over two million men with huge numbers of tanks and artillery to support them. Most of this force was aimed straight at Paris, and the Soviet plan was to drive straight through Paris and smash the Allied army into the sea. The Allies had a smaller force, consisting of the French army and the remnants of the Allied Expeditionary Force. They were somewhat disorganized, but not as much as the Soviets thought, and were ready to defend France from any invasion attempt. The Maginot line fortresses supported by a number of French army troops and Allied Heavy Defenders would serve as the first line of defence. The main bulk of the army was behind that to stop any breakthroughs.

Opening Moves[]

The Soviets dispatched the 157th Shock Division, consisting of 31,000 men with armour and Tesla Trooper support to test the Maginot line's defences. They were driven off with many losses by the Allied defenders. However, this proved to the Soviets that frontal attacks weren't going to work, and so they came up with a new plan, and unveiled the V4.

The Destruction of the Maginot Line[]

The Soviets then moved up their crack 9th Artillery Division, which was equipped with their new V4, as well as the older V3s. They opened fire on the Maginot fortresses from beyond retaliatory range, which were unable to fire back. The fortresses were extremely well armoured, but they were all eventually destroyed. Allied air attacks on the artillery were beaten off by MiGs and Bullfrogs.

Soviet Advance[]

The Soviets threw their entire force across the border, which no longer had any defences to stop them. The main Allied force was badly out of position to stop them, as they were expecting the Maginot line to hold them long enough for the army to advance. The Soviet advanced almost two hundred miles on the first day, and the Allies could only put up token resistance.

Battle of Reims[]

Finally, however, the Allies managed to mobilise their main army. The two forces met at the city of Reims, on the road to Paris. The Allies initially had the advantage, but then the Apocalypse tanks arrived and annihilated an entire Allied armoured brigade within minutes. The Allied force was shattered, and retreated toward the coast, pursued by the Soviet army and pounded by Kirovs and V4s.

Dunkirk[]

The main Allied force fell back to the beaches of Dunkirk. The Soviets surrounded the beach and pounded it with artillery and bombers. However, they were ordered to hold back by the Soviet High Command, who were afraid that they would suffer too many losses trying to crush the pocket. The Allies put together a flotilla of ships, from military transports to cargo ships to pleasure yachts, to evacuate the Expeditionary Force to Britain. They were successful, and got almost everyone out, although many ships were lost to Soviet bombers. The rescue effort sparked a wave of national pride and determination about the war.

Le Havre Pocket[]

However, about 30,000 Allied troops were cut off from the main force and driven back into the pot of Le Havre. They couldn't be evacuated because the Soviet Navy was concentrated around the pot, and was managing to hold off the Allied North Atlantic Fleet. The Soviets surrounded the city, and bombarded it with many V4s and Myeche MMLs. However the Allied force answered back shot for shot, and heavily damaged or destroyed many of the Soviets V4s. The Soviets tried two assaults, but both were driven off with heavy casualties.

Finally, the Soviets called in an elite brigade of Naval Infantry that were waiting with the main fleet. They launched a surprise attack from the sea, but were again driven back with massive losses. The Allied force had been badly hurt by the assault, however, and was finally rushed by a massive Soviet assault supported by Apocalypse tanks.

Result[]

While the Soviets had taken France and kicked the Allies out of Europe, in the process they had lost an estimated 125,000 men, including 1,000 of their crack Naval Infantry, and a dozen Apocalypse tanks. They also lost hundreds of tanks and walkers. The Allies lost most of their heavy equipment, but they got almost 350,000 of their troops back to Britain.

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