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WW1 for Dummies

The French were only really good once and that was under Napoleon. They were poor fighters before, and even worse after. If they had been better at war and building empires than the Saxons, then they would not have lost the first world war (Seven Years'), and all of North America would be French speaking.

Well, they did come through once in America's favor during our revolution. If not for that we'd have possibly lost the war and we Yanks would all be currently rooting for the Queen to live a few more decades in order to keep the Bonnie Prince Charles offstage a little longer.
 
Well, they did come through once in America's favor during our revolution. If not for that we'd have possibly lost the war and we Yanks would all be currently rooting for the Queen to live a few more decades in order to keep the Bonnie Prince Charles offstage a little longer.

But they were a pain in the butt over that as well. :lol: The war could have been over several years before it finally ended, but the French navy was full of incompetents and those who were more interested in making their American counterparts look like idiots. Of course, that's what happens when your entire military is lead not by ability, but by nobility. Yes, they did come through in the end after multiple failed attempts and a variety of schemes that went no where. Marquis de Lafayette was unusual among the French nobility in that he actually cared about the American cause and he actually new what he was doing. He also happened to be younger than all them.

And I would have been rooting for Charlie.
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But they were a pain in the butt over that as well. :lol: The war could have been over several years before it finally ended, but the French navy was full of incompetents and those who were more interested in making their American counterparts look like idiots. Of course, that's what happens when your entire military is lead not by ability, but by nobility. Yes, they did come through in the end after multiple failed attempts and a variety of schemes that went no where. Marquis de Lafayette was unusual among the French nobility in that he actually cared about the American cause and he actually new what he was doing. He also happened to be younger than all them.

And I would have been rooting for Charlie.
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Dear Swampfox, the Minister of Silliness says you are to desist with the serious discussions immediately. :nono: :a38:

Oh! You are the Minister of Silliness! :001_huh: :blink::blink::blink:
 
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