The fleet-evacuation scenario preserves ships and crews while metropolitan French industry falls under German control. Béarn remains the only carrier actually available, while French carrier proposals and unfinished programs lose their home construction base. German control of Atlantic ports still gives U-boats their historical forward bases, so this scenario cannot erase the Battle of the Atlantic. Industrial and air-cover limits help explain why most French strength concentrates in North Africa.
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Evacuating the fleet does not preserve France's industrial base
Scenario one saves ships and crews while losing metropolitan yards, carrier programs, and the French Atlantic coast.