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Originally Posted by helbent4
Hands down, the major player (military and economic) in Africa during the Twilight War would be France.
Tony
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Totally agree.
V2 NATO Vehicle Guide places French troops in Djibouti (various FAR units), Libreville in the Gabon (6th Marine Infantry Battalion), Dakar in Senegal (23rd Marine Infantry Battalion), and Port Bouet in Ivory Coast (43rd Marine Infantry Battalion). There are also references to both West and East African Regional Commands. And of course the Senegalese unit mentioned in Going Home.
That gives the French a presence in several oil producing areas (according to wiki, Gabonese oil production peaked at 370,000 barrels per day in 1997).