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Don’t fuck with the French.
People forget they were a super power for centuries.
Despite all the jokes, The French have won more wars than any other country in history. They were exhausted by the time 1940 rolled around
They're country is right in the middle of one of the areas of the world with the most wars of all time, and it stretches from coast to coast. That alone says a ton.
You make it sound like France was stuck in with everyone else when thar is infact untrue, everyone else was stuck in with France. After all I doubt a medieval country on the defensive would conquer from fucking Catalonia to fucking Ponnonia and Carinthia. And thats just the start I dont think I need to explain what Napoleon did.
I can't make any sense of what you just said. Could you explain further?
I was making a "you arent stuck in here with me" joke about France and then proceeded to list off the greatest extent of the Frankish empire.
Lol okay I got you now. I totally missed it.
Yeah, once I reread it I realized it was slightly incomprehensible. I aint fixing it though cause I think its funny.
They were not worthy of the mantle of responsibility
Neither is any current western Nation (maybe Poland and Finland excused)
But what if I ... oh, you meant that as a figure of speech. Got it.
Still are 😎
I think once you have nukes you can send to anywhere on the planet at any time, you count as a superpower.
And they have the most FAFO nuke policy of any nuclear power. They told the world in the '70s "ok we have the nukes, they are pointed at all of you. If anyone anywhere uses these things, we launch at everyone."
Yep. Don't fuck with the French.
Where can I learn more?
And 2nd strike capacity !
Second best Navy behind USA, innit?
They surrendered to the Germans after putting up a brave fight for ** checks notes ** 5 weeks.
Meanwhile, 'murica: let's make a lot of money by selling war machines to both sides :)
It was a good demonstration of the blitzkrieg tactic. Hitting hard and fast with aircraft, tanks and troop carriers without giving the enemy time to regroup or resupply. By the time the French knew what was happening it was too late to mobilize.
The tactic couldn't be counted until the opposing side had enough firepower to stall it which would've taken too long and by that time defeat is a guarantee.
Soviets were given tanks, aircraft, factories, everything they needed to counter the Germans later in the war which halted their army and that's when the blitzkrieg fell apart.
Blitzkrieg is effective but only when your moving faster than the enemy can regroup and counter
Except that most German units were not motorized and highly reliant on horse-drawn carts. French tanks were more numerous, better armed and better armored - but they were used less effectively. France was fighting WW1 part deux, whereas Germany was using their inferior equipment more effectively. The entire thing was still a gamble and by no means the foregone conclusion at the start.
(jk, I love my French brothers)
AI? I took this photo myself when I was in France during the croissant harvesting season!
Wait. Was this taken in the Croissante region? It's just that they're very particular about this, and I just want to make sure those are, in fact, croissant fields, and not sparkling crescent rolls.
If that's AI it did a great job on the hands for once.
Better for sure but the knuckles don't align with the digits
Good eye, I didn't notice that. Improvements are noticeable though as it used to be so much worse
Also his left hand only has 3 fingers. Either that or the pinky has a similar texture to the ground. Hard to tell based on the lighting.
that's because harvesting croissants uses really dangerous sharp tools to cut them off the stems and workers lose digits all the time. It's why the French have great single payer healthcare.
Of course, I should have thought about what would happen if you try to tear a fresh croissant from the stem without cutting it.
It seems to be a non-issue for a while now
Maybe, but if you look at the man’s left hand then is he Jesus? What is that? A weird watch or a stake?