Excellent Jacques,
Curious, would not a deal with Higgins to open a French plant in Algeria make sense. Have french possessions in South America and Central Africa produce plywood and ship it up to Morroco and Algeria for construction material ( which you will need in abundance in 1940 anways) and then begin to make Higgins boats. Make two lines, one for PT boats and the other for Landing craft ( LCVP's ). Engines brought in from the US. That and Gliders would be an excellent industry to start in North Africa I would think.

Also I was wondering, was looking at list of FFO naval forces and noticed that you only have about 36 ships earmarked for convoy duties and 25 of those are listed as ASW patrol. Would not ordering more DE's or SC's make sense? If you use the RN model you will need 10 to 12 escorts for every convoy.

Just wondering.

Russ / Roller007