Topic: Guess where I am, fora
Erik !saAqdaazn2 started this discussion 2 hours ago #135,186
Erik !saAqdaazn2 (OP) double-posted this 2 hours ago, 49 minutes later[^] [v] #1,436,662
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 1 hour ago, 39 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,436,664
It is time for France to invade your country and take it over.
Erik !saAqdaazn2 (OP) replied with this 1 hour ago, 1 minute later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,436,665
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 34 minutes ago, 51 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,436,687
@previous (Erik !saAqdaazn2)
> France couldn't invade themselves.
They’ve had an astounding three centuries of military failures dating to the War of Spanish Succession.
> France couldn't invade themselves.
They’ve had an astounding three centuries of military failures dating to the War of Spanish Succession.
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 25 minutes ago, 8 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,436,689
@previous (C)
> > France couldn't invade themselves.
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> They’ve had an astounding three centuries of military failures dating to the War of Spanish Succession.
The same can be said of USA.
> > France couldn't invade themselves.
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> They’ve had an astounding three centuries of military failures dating to the War of Spanish Succession.
The same can be said of USA.
Anonymous C replied with this 24 minutes ago, 58 seconds later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,436,690
It’s not even cowardice. It’s a mix of foolhardy military planning and romanticism that led France astray. Napoleon put together some talent. If you look at the campaign in Russia he was down 100,000-150,000 men in Poland due to typhus before he hit the Russian border.
WWI saw a nadir of command talent. The French army rightfully was near mutiny at Verdun and should have slaughtered its inept offices but later Nazi collaborator Petain held it together.
The Maginot Line was an anachronistic adaptation to WWI. It did cause heavy German casualties at some points. French command did two things wrong among many - there was no ready reserve to surge behind points of the Line, and French doctrine distributed tanks throughout infantry instead of concentrating armor. They had more tanks than the Germans but couldn’t bring them to bear. On the plus side, Japan used French doctrine and never excelled with tank forces. This was apparent in 1939 against the Soviets and again during the 1945 disaster in Manchuria that saw the world land battle defeats in Japanese history.
WWI saw a nadir of command talent. The French army rightfully was near mutiny at Verdun and should have slaughtered its inept offices but later Nazi collaborator Petain held it together.
The Maginot Line was an anachronistic adaptation to WWI. It did cause heavy German casualties at some points. French command did two things wrong among many - there was no ready reserve to surge behind points of the Line, and French doctrine distributed tanks throughout infantry instead of concentrating armor. They had more tanks than the Germans but couldn’t bring them to bear. On the plus side, Japan used French doctrine and never excelled with tank forces. This was apparent in 1939 against the Soviets and again during the 1945 disaster in Manchuria that saw the world land battle defeats in Japanese history.