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Originally Posted by jimbuna
Highly debatable:
1870's...I doubt the military capability was equal to that of the British Empire.
1914...I seem to recall Paris never fell.
1939...On land perhaps, but only for a short while and only because they prepared in advance. What say ye regarding control of the skies and the seas?
Now 1815 and the Prussians helping at Waterloo, I would readily concede  |
Oh, though he meant land army...Hmm, even then, they were always outclassed in one way or another, the French had a bigger army in 1940, the Soviets had better tanks and so forth...