Scenario two: France continues the land war

The second branch assumes that the French government rejects an armistice after Germany's rapid advance. Fuel shortages, fragile one-road last-mile logistics, and repeated Allied opportunities to cut exposed German spearheads constrain the German position. A rebuilt British Expeditionary Force could land through southern ports while French forces draw on reserves and metropolitan infrastructure. Continued resistance preserves French Atlantic ports and industry, preventing Germany from consolidating the strategic gains that followed the historical armistice.