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Date Posted: 12:54:56 03/13/03 Thu
Author: MD
Subject: French military victories

Check this out:

To these small countries that are inexperienced in the intrigue of international politics, I offer this suggestion: Jump on the Internet and go to the Google search website. Type in the keywords "French military victories" – then hit the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=31499

This is what you get:

Did you mean: french military defeats ?

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[> I know that most people are not serious students of history, but I can't beleive that I'm the only guy on the planet who is familiar with a guy named NAPOLEON? Maybe you've heard of him? Little guy? Ringany bells? Had a few military victories on his way to CONQUERING HALF OF THE FREAKIN' WORLD? -- Rockford -History by google (sigh), 16:13:02 03/13/03 Thu


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[> [> Another funny link: The Complete Military History of France -- MD, 15:58:13 03/14/03 Fri

The Complete Military History of France

- Gallic Wars
- Lost. In a war whose ending foreshadows the next 2000 years of French history, France is conquered by of all things, an Italian.

- Hundred Years War
- Mostly lost, saved at last by female schizophrenic who inadvertently creates The First Rule of French Warfare; "France's armies are victorious only when not led by a Frenchman." Sainted.

- Italian Wars
- Lost. France becomes the first and only country to ever lose two wars when fighting Italians.

- Wars of Religion
- France goes 0-5-4 against the Huguenots

- Thirty Years War
- France is technically not a participant, but manages to get invaded anyway. Claims a tie on the basis that eventually the other participants started ignoring her.

- War of Revolution
- Tied. Frenchmen take to wearing red flowerpots as chapeaux.

- The Dutch War
- Tied

- War of the Augsburg League/King William's War/French and Indian War
- Lost, but claimed as a tie. Three ties in a row induces deluded Frogophiles the world over to label the period as the height of French military power.

- War of the Spanish Succession
- Lost. The War also gave the French their first taste of a Marlborough, which they have loved every since.

- American Revolution
- In a move that will become quite familiar to future Americans, France claims a win even though the English colonists saw far more action. This is later known as "de Gaulle Syndrome", and leads to the Second Rule of French Warfare; "France only wins when America does most of the fighting."

- French Revolution
- Won, primarily due the fact that the opponent was also French.

- The Napoleonic Wars
- Lost. Temporary victories (remember the First Rule!) due to leadership of a Corsican, who ended up being no match for a British footwear designer.

- The Franco-Prussian War
- Lost. Germany first plays the role of drunk Frat boy to France's ugly girl home alone on a Saturday night.

- World War I
- Tied and on the way to losing, France is saved by the United States. Thousands of French women find out what it's like to not only sleep with a winner, but one who doesn't call her "Fraulein." Sadly, widespread use of condoms by American forces forestalls any improvement in the French bloodline.

- World War II
- Lost. Conquered French liberated by the United States and Britain just as they finish learning the Horst Wessel Song.

- War in Indochina
- Lost. French forces plead sickness; take to bed with the Dien Bien Flu

- Algerian Rebellion
- Lost. Loss marks the first defeat of a western army by a Non-Turkic Muslim force since the Crusades, and produces the First Rule of Muslim Warfare; "We can always beat the French." This rule is identical to the First Rules of the Italians, Russians, Germans, English, Dutch, Spanish, Vietnamese and Esquimaux.

- War on Terrorism
- France, keeping in mind its recent history, surrenders to Germans and Muslims just to be safe. Attempts to surrender to Vietnamese ambassador fail after he takes refuge in a McDonald's.

The question for any country silly enough to count on the French should not be "Can we count on the French?", but rather "How long until France collapses?"

"Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without an accordion. All you do is leave behind a lot of noisy baggage."

Or, better still, the quote from last week's Wall Street Journal: "They're there when they need you."

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/text/france.html


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[> napolean -- Kenny, 20:14:29 03/14/03 Fri

Rockford, you don't know much about geography since Europe is not HALF THE FRIEKING WORLD. If you know so much about history why don't you tell us all how many French soldiers are buried at Normandy.


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[> [> Besides, Napoleon wasn't even French. He was Corsican. So there. -- "Vince From Villanova" (If Google says it, it must be true, right?), 05:00:59 03/15/03 Sat


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