French Third Republic

France is one of the newest factions added to Call to Battle 2, it currently has the most items out of any of the new Factions in the Fall Gelb update cycle.

History
In 1939 Germany invaded Poland in which France declared war on Germany along with the United Kingdom, Polish Soldiers evacuated to france and participated with french soldiers in 1940 battles like the Battle of Narvik, later in 1940 Germany Invaded The Netherlands and Belgium to go around Infamous Maginot line and forced the British to evacuate at Dunkirk, the Germans then moved towards Paris and took it, General Charles De Gaulle and the Free French forces helped the allies in North Africa from 1941-1943 and later helped retake their homeland in 1944 in Operation Overlord and Operation Dragoon.

In-game
France was added in the 5.7 update, the first update in the Fall Gelb update cycle, it is currently on 5 maps: Outpost, French Town, El Alamein, Gazala and Kasserine Pass.

Classes

 * Rifleman: The French Rifleman class Starts with the Berthier M1892 as it's Level 1 Unlock
 * Technician: The French Technician class.
 * Support: The French support class has the FM-24/29 as a Level 1 Unlock.

Weapons
Note: Weapons marked with * are kit items.

Below is a list of weapons used by The Netherlands in-game.

Bolt-action Rifles:

 * MAS-36
 * Lebel M1886/93
 * Lebel M1886/27
 * Lebel M1886/93-R35
 * Berthier M1892
 * Indochina Berthier M1902 *
 * Berthier M1892/M16
 * Berthier M1907/15
 * Berthier M1907/15-M16
 * Berthier M1934
 * RSC M1918 Colonial *

Semi-automatic Rifles:

 * MAS-40 *
 * RSC M1918 *

Automatic Rifles:

 * Winchester M1907 (Modified) *
 * Chauchat-Ribeyrolles M1918 *
 * Chauchat-Ribeyrolles M1918/19 M2 *

Sidearms:

 * Ruby M1914
 * MAB Model A *

Submachine Guns:

 * MAS-38 *

Machineguns:

 * Chatelleraut FM-24/29
 * Chauchat CSRG 1915 *
 * Hotchkiss Benet-Mercie M1909

Hand-grenades:

 * F1 Hand Grenade

Bayonets:

 * M1886 lebel Bayonet
 * M1892 Mannlicher-Berthier Bayonet
 * MAS-36 Bayonet
 * Senegalese Machete
 * Dual MAS weapon

Miscellaneous:
None

Engagements

 * Outpost
 * French Town
 * Gazala
 * El Alamein
 * Kasserine pass

Kits

 * Senegalese Tirailleur
 * Re-Issued Soldier

Trivia

 * For a Very long time the original Developer of Call to Battle said that he'd NEVER add france, at this time France became a sort-of running joke in the community.