If Vichy France resisted Operation Anton

If Vichy France resisted Operation Anton and held southern France for four months, would the Allies land forces to help?

Allied assistance is considered possible if forces could be sent, but no detailed landing plan follows and the preceding historical comparison is unclear.

Clarke considers Allied assistance possible if Vichy France holds southern France for the four months specified. He recalls British efforts to support continued French resistance and rejects the idea that the troops in that account were deliberately sacrificed. The reply does not clearly separate that earlier recollection from the Operation Anton scenario. It also leaves the deployment details unspecified. The supported conclusion is the conditional possibility of assistance if Britain and its allies could send forces, rather than a worked-out landing plan.