The Free French

You start off in control of exiled French forces in the wake of the fall of France.  You have nothing: no money, no political support at home, and minimal support from the British.  To win this game, you must replace Vichy officials across the French Empire, build a unified resistance network, and convince the Allies to invade France.  You also need to quietly ensure that France does not end up with the USSR as a neighbor or an occupier.  With luck, France will emerge from this war with its empire and honor intact.  

The Second World War could have gone very differently for the French.  The US and the British could have backed the Vichy regime over  De Gaulle's Free French.  Churchill could have convinced Roosevelt to invade the Balkans instead of France.  The Red Army could have reached Paris before the Americans.  A French resistance network hostile to  De Gaulle could have taken root in France.  Communists could have used the resistance movement to prepare for a post-war revolution.  The Americans could have forced France to give up colonies like Vietnam and Morocco.  The fact that France and the French Empire emerged basically intact after the war speaks to  De Gaulle's skill as a statesman.