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I get mildly annoyed when North Americans associate France with military cowardice. From the middle ages to Napoleon she was number 1, between Napoleon and WW2 she was a front-rank Great Power. Since 1945, (or, rather, since independence was granted Algeria, 1962) compared to the rest of Europe France has had a degree of power and independence unrivalled by any other European country. (Germany for having no armed forces to speak of, Italy for not having the prestige to lead, UK for being dependent on USA) That power is tiny compared to the USA or Russia, but I don't see how one could expect a medium-sized country like France to rival them.
France's power has not been felt much since '45 given the dominance of the superpowers. That said, she's had some genuine independent action in sub-saharan Africa (Chad, Rwanda), in some cases arguably stopping the superpowers escalating those conflicts.
Ahem, I know it's just satire, but still.
I know what you're saying, but in WWII they did capitulate and cooperated with the Nazi's rather than to fight until they gave it all and they got crushed at Vietnam.
Vietnam is an interesting example and I would wonder, do you consider that the Americans were 'crushed' in Vietnam? because it was really much the same thing, they failed at gaining control of the country and left after much international and internal pressures against a very unpopular war.
- Flight from fight in Vietnam.
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