The_Unclaimed_One

The_Unclaimed_One t1_jdu2rtx wrote

Hold up hold up hold up

Slice?

You slice your pot pies? The frick? Just dig the fork in there and take a bite. Just cause it’s called a pie don’t mean you eat it by slicing it

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The_Unclaimed_One t1_iucjv5r wrote

Reply to comment by nutmegger_2004 in Everything is a lie by Mister__Toad

Actually, pretty sure they’re ironically the most powerful European country at the moment. Germany’s still scared of the ghost in the mirror, UK specializes in Navy, duh, and Spec Ops type stuff, and everyone else is everyone else. Lol

France is the only one that’s most prepared for nearby conflict, and honestly I find it hilarious and sad at the same time

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The_Unclaimed_One t1_iucjmqw wrote

I’m gonna question you on the practically liberated themselves

Yes, they kept fighting valiantly against the Nazis after France fell, and yes they did do a good job far as I’m aware, but I doubt that without the meatgrinder of the Eastern Front and Operation Overlord that they’d liberate themselves.

And, just for kicks and giggles, “Retreat? Hell, we just got here!”

-Marine Lore from WWI, said towards a French leader (can’t remember rank) after being told to retreat

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The_Unclaimed_One t1_iucj4fv wrote

They only really started sucking post Napoleon. Napoleon and before they were constantly fighting, and winning a good bit, against Britain for control over Europe and whoever else wanted dominance after Rome fell and Holy Roman Empire became irrelevant. After Napoleon? They’ve pretty much been a joke. Heck, Prussia used Napoleon’s tactics against Napoleon III to secure dominance over Europe and created modern day Germany. Which is to say, they used a crapton of artillery. The most advanced artillery in the world at that. That and they used what was more or less Beta Blitzkrieg, which was evolved from Napoleon’s tactics, which evolved into Alpha Blitzkrieg used in WWI, then Blitzkrieg in WWII, and eventually it turned into American Shock And Awe.

Yes, I have thought about this extensively when bored at work. Lol

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