Hello and welcome back to another Forgotten Hope 2 update.

Today we are showing off one of the French units that found themselves in Medjez El Bab: the 43rd Colonial Infantry Regiment.

Colonial troops, known as "La Coloniale", are descended from the Marines created in 1622 by Richelieu. When they were renamed and moved from the ministry of Marine to the ministry of War in 1900 they became a specific infantry and artillery corps tasked with the defence of the French colonies. They were a mix of metropolitan French serving overseas and indigenous soldiers, with metropolitan French officers, serving under the insignia of a golden anchor.

In 1939 France would call soldiers from its empire to fight on the mainland. After the Fall of France, many colonial regiments would be disbanded, with some remaining in the Armée d'Armistice while others followed De Gaulle. With the progressive rallying and liberation of the colonies by the Allies, their numbers would increase again. The colonial troops would continue to serve until the liberation of France, though a lot of the units would see their black African soldiers replaced by French resistance fighters.

The 43e Régiment d'Infanterie Coloniale was recreated in 1939 after its dissolution in 1919. It fought notable delaying actions in June 1940 and was kept in the Armée d'Armistice as a reserve unit in Tunisia. After the Operation Torch landings on November 19th 1942, the 3rd company of the 43e RIC was engaged against the Germans at Medjez El Bab, while the rest of the regiment was disarmed and sent back to France by the Italians in December. Our colonial playermodels were made by CptBocquier, from our French playermodels made by Harmonikater with heads from Battlefield 2 models made by DICE.

The coupe-coupe is a West African specific form of the more generic machete, a tool commonly used for clearing undergrowth and felling small trees. This particular design was designed in 1916 to be mass produced and issued to the Tirailleurs Sénégalais, and would become an icon of these units in propaganda produced by both sides. It saw widespread issue in the colonial units from French West Africa among the indigenous and metropolitan soldiers alike, where it saw use as both the original tool but also as a weapon that required less training than the bayonet. Ours was made by CptBocquier.

If you have missed any previous updates this week, you can find links to them here:

Go to Road to Forgotten Hope 2.64 Compagnons - Part 1

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Hello and welcome back to another Forgotten Hope 2 update.

A new year brings with it many new things, and with Forgotten Hope it is no exception. We are excited to announce that our Compagnons update 2.64 will be released on:

Tuesday 23rd January 2024

And to begin our usual news bonanza we turn to the first of 2 maps, Medjez El Bab. This map covers the important point in time when the French forces in Tunisia were forced to pick between loyalty to the German controlled Vichy government or the invading Allies. This map also features a 32 player layer covering later attempts by the British and Americans to recapture the town. Additionally, the map is fully supported for singleplayer.

After the Torch landings a race for key points in Tunisia followed as both allied and axis forces tried to establish themselves in the French protectorate. Caught up in the middle of this were the French forces in Tunisia, their loyalties torn between Vichy and De Gaulle. The French General Barré had attempted to delay the Germans through parley while backing from Tunis to the strategic crossroads town of Medjez-el-Bab and also arming his command with weapons and supplies that had been stashed away following the fall of France in 1940.

An ultimatum followed on November 19th; the French were to strike their colours before 7 AM or face a German attack. The French refused to fold, instead Barré made a call to French HQ in Algiers announcing both his return to the allied camp and the imminent destruction of his command. Only some British paratroopers managed to reach his positions at the time of the ultimatum.

Medjez El Bab was made by Ts4EVER. You can find the minimap and a preliminary vehicle listing here.

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Hello and welcome back to another Forgotten Hope 2 update.

We'd like to wish everyone a very happy new year! We achieved a lot of progress on the content for our next release last year, and we are looking forward to what we can do this year as well. We have also taken the decision to name our releases going forward, as we think this will make them easier to remember and talk about. To that end, our upcoming next release will be version

2.64
Compagnons

This name refers to the Compagnons de la libération, members of the Order of Liberation created in 1940 by General de Gaulle to honour people and communities who had distinguished themselves in the campaign to liberate France. We will be including 2 maps as well as new weapons, new vehicles and many changes to existing content.

The famous Canon de 75 Mle 1897 has already been featured in Forgotten Hope 2 since our first French release, however this was in the M38 form with pneumatic tyres. The original gun had been designed to be towed by horses, and was fitted with solid wooden wheels with steel tyres.

In 1939 and 1940, the Germans captured many hundreds of these guns from Poland and France respectively. While many of these would be converted into PaK 97/38 anti-tank guns, many were also used unmodified as second line artillery pieces. Our Mle 1897 and FK 231(f) were modified from our Mle 1897 M38 by Seth Soldier.

That's all for this week, but be sure to come back next time for another update. Until then, feel free to visit our Discord, our public forums, our Twitter, our subreddit, and/or Facebook pages to discuss this update and other news.