User blog comment:Fegaxeyl/French Resistance, anyone?/@comment-32656-20101216224056

Not an expert by any means, but I can answer that.

You are indeed correct: while some members of the party wanted to launch a revolution, the leadership did not even consider it because of instructions by Stalin to co-operate with the Allies and call for a coalition government.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Communist_Party for more.

In my mind, a more likely PoD would be the three elections in 1945-1946. In the last of the 1946 elections, they were the largest party, though not in charge of the government. Simply change a few seats and they end governing with the Socialists, which would mean they stay in power in 1947 instead of being forced out like otl by the USA, so long as they act like you wish.

With your PoD, the Allies will no longer trust the USSR - there will no longer be a stop at the Elbe, or any similar occurrence. While I doubt they would oppose the french communists militarily - never know, but its unlikely - co-operation with Stalin is gone on any meaningful level afterwards.