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Hors ligne Raymond Woloszyn

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J'ai le nouveau module de Lock 'N Load "Heroes of the Blitzkrieg" . Dans ce module il y a les troupes françaises, Corp Franc (franc de corps?).   Elles sont élite. Y a il quelconque d'entre ces troupes dans un scénario d'ASL?   

Est-ce que quelqu'un peut proposer un site Web où je pourrais lire plus au sujet de ces troupes ?


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The "Corps Francs" or "Groupes Francs" were volunteer shock troops formed from standard infantry and cavalry units during the Phoney war to patrol the no man's land and harass the enemy. The units were often platoon-sized, sometimes company-sized.
Some were kept in existence during the May-June 1940 campaign. The "Groupes Francs" used standard French weapons but also some unusual equipment like shotguns and a few SMGs.
I don't know any ASL scenarios, official or TPP, with "Groupes Francs" but I have a few designs with some.
The well-known French magazine "Militaria" had an issue with a large article about the "Groupes Francs", n°179, June 2000. It's mostly about uniforms and equipments but there is also very precise data about weapons and some actions. But it's in French ... take a look at histoireetcollections.com.
One known english-language source is the Osprey MAA n° 315 "French Army, 1939-1945 (1)".


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Bigeard et Darnand (entre autre) étaient dans les corps francs en 1940.


Hors ligne Raymond Woloszyn

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Comme un Américain je ne connaissent pas ces personnes. Les biographies tout à fait intéressantes, celle sont totalement divergentes.