That's the French for you. Surrendered to the Nazis but have been fighting them ever since. Meanwhile, the US beat the Nazis...and has been surrendering to them ever since.
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Proto-Fascism actually originates in France. Not all of France opposed the Nazis. The French Foreign Legion was heavily comprised of former Nazis. The French are currently pushing for Nationalists (which we know this idiot thinks are Nazis), so I have no idea where he's getting any of this crap from.
Also, the American Nazi movement has been dead for decades. Once again, Trump's not a Nazi. And if you think he is, then you think Zemour and LePen are as well, and they have a lot of support in France.
None of this comment makes sense.
To be fair, they never had a chance. They didn't adapt in time to WWII tactics. By the time they realized warfare was no longer a methodical slog, their lines were broken and their best troops routed or dead.
Jesus, again there's no knowledge here. There was no such thing as "WW2 tactics" yet. The German military actually recommended not invading France in 1940 because they were concerned the French military would overpower them. On paper... the French army looked like a behemoth in 1940, even compared to the Soviets. The French tactics weren't atrocious, and by 1940 standards their tanks were on-par or better than many German tanks.
The main difference was that the German officer corps happened to be some of the best in the entire war, at a time when the French army was badly under supplied and demoralized with a government that was already falling apart as the war started.
Rommel's famous breakthrough wasn't actually from French cowardice, but because he sent his crack armored units head-long into a French, conscript, reservist battalion which was never really going to do the job. From then on, it was aggression that allowed for the encirclement of French armies. The French (like the Polish) preformed quite well in many positions. All the armies understood what combined arms tactics looked like, it's just that Poland didn't have the capacity or resources to hold both the Germans and the Soviets (who were allied with Germany at the time because everyone likes to gloss over), and the French army was already in shambles when the Germans attacked.
Once again, Redditors don't have any passing knowledge on any subject, just generalized feels and stereotypes.
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Proto-Fascism actually originates in France. Not all of France opposed the Nazis. The French Foreign Legion was heavily comprised of former Nazis. The French are currently pushing for Nationalists (which we know this idiot thinks are Nazis), so I have no idea where he's getting any of this crap from.
Also, the American Nazi movement has been dead for decades. Once again, Trump's not a Nazi. And if you think he is, then you think Zemour and LePen are as well, and they have a lot of support in France.
None of this comment makes sense.
Jesus, again there's no knowledge here. There was no such thing as "WW2 tactics" yet. The German military actually recommended not invading France in 1940 because they were concerned the French military would overpower them. On paper... the French army looked like a behemoth in 1940, even compared to the Soviets. The French tactics weren't atrocious, and by 1940 standards their tanks were on-par or better than many German tanks.
The main difference was that the German officer corps happened to be some of the best in the entire war, at a time when the French army was badly under supplied and demoralized with a government that was already falling apart as the war started.
Rommel's famous breakthrough wasn't actually from French cowardice, but because he sent his crack armored units head-long into a French, conscript, reservist battalion which was never really going to do the job. From then on, it was aggression that allowed for the encirclement of French armies. The French (like the Polish) preformed quite well in many positions. All the armies understood what combined arms tactics looked like, it's just that Poland didn't have the capacity or resources to hold both the Germans and the Soviets (who were allied with Germany at the time because everyone likes to gloss over), and the French army was already in shambles when the Germans attacked.
Once again, Redditors don't have any passing knowledge on any subject, just generalized feels and stereotypes.