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Originally Posted by Torplexed
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Originally Posted by stabiz
According to historian Niall Ferguson:
Of the 168 major European wars fought since 1495, France was involved in 50. (Austria 47, England 43)
Of 168 French battles fought since 308 BC, the French won 109, lost 49 and 10 were considered a draw.
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Have to give some of that credit to a certain Corsican general.  |
The only time when France scored consistent victories was when they were lead by an Italian! :rotfl: (PS I know that Corsica is part of France)
The number of wars doesn't really have to do with the topic, since France was basicly the central European power ('Till Deutschland came around). And England constantly changed hands before the Normans, so yeah.
France wasn't completely useless during WWII. Their North African colonial men did will in Italy and France '44 and '45. It's only because of the admittedly horrible defence in '40 that we think of them as useless, cheese-addicted, funny-speaking, smug and ugly bastards.