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Originally Posted by Kapitän
There were "Free" French and "Vichy" French and each had different flags ...
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Yes, but these cargos were not flying those flags. They were flying the standard French national flag. That is what I found confusing, plus when I tested the consequence of sinking one I received a green icon which cannot be.
Just a thought. It would have been a very clever move by the Kriegsmarine to sail cargos under the standard French flag with instructions to all U-boat commanders to treat them as neutral. That would explain my green sunk icon.
As I say, it would confuse the British no end.
The Free French had the following cargos:
Félix Roussel
Fort Binger
Franche-Comté
Indochinois
If it was one of those I sunk I should have got a red icon plus the tonnage.
I am playing GWX will go and have a look in the manual see if I can find the answer there.
Interesting.
"From 11 November 1942 negotiations took place between Germany and Vichy France. The settlement was that Toulon should remain a "stronghold" under Vichy control and defended against the Allies and "French enemies of the government of the Marechal". Großadmiral Raeder, commander of the Kriegsmarine, believed that French Navy officers would fulfill their armistice duty not to let the ships fall in the hands of any foreign nation. Raeder was led to believe that the German aim was to use anti-British sentiment amongst the French sailors to have them side with the Italians, while Hitler was in fact preparing a forcible seizure of the fleet. Hitler's plan was to have German sailors capture the French ships and turn them over to Italy; German officers privy to this plan were critical of it, but their objections were ignored. Orders to implement the plan were given on 19 November."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scuttli...leet_in_Toulon