User blog:Fegaxeyl/French Resistance, anyone?

Is there anyone here who is an expert on the French Resistance? My specific area of need is the French Communist Resistance and their relationship with the Soviet Union around 1944. It's part of a plan of mine to create a time line based on a successful coup in Vichy France by communist forces soon after D-Day.

For the interested, I'm positing a coup soon after D-Day but before Operation Anvil-Dragoon. If a successful French Communist revolution took place (even though, apparently, Stalin opposed this - this is something I'd have to check with the expert) the troops in the Anvil-Dragoon landings would be obliged to support the new state at Stalin's behest - even if he opposed the revolution I doubt he'd simply abandon it.

Further on, this new state, adopting a non-Stalinist form of communism, would form a lasting alliance with Yugoslavia. This alliance would position itself as a mediator between East and West, just enough to tip the balance of a European conflict either way. This allows the alliance to turn the Hungarian Uprising into a full-blown Hungarian Revolution, negotiating a more liberal form of communism (think Prague Spring). Later, the alliance would intervene in Czechoslovakia and pressure would inspire a revolution in Italy, creating a large South European power bloc. What happens next I've yet to decide. Thoughts and ideas are welcome, though I would appreciate first and foremost any advice on the likelihood of the POD, or a way to make it more plausible.

As an aside, I'm thinking of making Charles Tillon president of the new, communist France.

So, any experts out there?