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Old 10-22-21, 06:09 PM   #23
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Originally Posted by Exocet25fr View Post
The French military actually has the best military record in Europe having won 132 of the 185 battles they fought in the last 800 years !

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French...Forces#History
You can win a million battles and loose the war, you can loose a million battle and win the war

Its the winning the war that matters not the battle

If you look at the US involvement in afghanistan or vietnam they won pretty much every engagement but still lost the wars which demonstrates the above point exactly.

France has actually won 1115 battles
England (Including after union in 1707) 1105

France and the UK are close equals but in terms of colonial / imperial achievements of land mass and influence the UK wins out spectacularly (Largest empire in history)

Its why most of the worlds first or second language is English, why at sea or in the air all transmissions are made in English.
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