Clautic

France, 1934. The scars of the Great War still shape the military minds of the Third Republic. Trapped in the past, its generals place their faith in fortifications and defensive warfare, while across the Rhine, a new German army rises, faster, deadlier, and ready to crush everything in its path.

Into this world awakens Captain Étienne Moreau, a man who should not exist. He remembers another life, one where France falls in 1940, where German tanks storm through the Ardennes, bypassing the Maginot Line. One where his country surrenders in a matter of weeks.

But here, now, he has a chance to stop it.

As an officer in the 2nd Armored Division, he fights for reforms: pushing for mobile tank warfare, warning of Hitler’s growing ambitions, and challenging the high command’s obsession with World War I tactics. Yet, his ideas are dismissed as radical, madness from a young officer who "thinks he knows war."

Surrounded by political intrigue, military infighting, and rising fascism, Moreau must carefully navigate the system, winning allies among future leaders like Charles de Gaulle, while avoiding suspicion from the French High Command. His knowledge is a double-edged sword, if he is too aggressive, he risks being labeled a traitor. If he does nothing, he will live to see France burn.

As war draws closer, Moreau faces a terrifying question: Can history be changed? Or is France doomed to fall, no matter what he does?

Time is running out. The Blitzkrieg is coming. And he may be France’s last chance to fight back.
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Reincarnated: Vive La France

Next Morning Moreau stood in front of his childhood home with his hands in his coat pockets, looking across the narrow square this body used to play in.

The same crooked bench sat near the tree.

The same green shutter creaked open across the street when the wind hit it right.

Renaud stepped beside him, adjusting his coat collar. "You really grew up here?"

"I expected something a little more… I don't know. Marble floors, wine cellars, cigars in every drawer."

"Not everyone's a Versailles brat, Renaud."

Renaud snorted. "Fair. But after that dinner last night, I'm pretty sure your mother could feed an entire garrison with just a pot of stew."

"She always overcooked when I came home. Said it was her way of keeping me longer."

"Well, it's working. I'd fake a stomach injury to stay here another night."

Moreau grinned. "Come on. I want you to meet someone."

“To friends who don’t forget you exist."