has france ever won a war?

[[Gavo]]

Um, Napoleon, anyone? And wasn't France in the Allies for both World Wars, they won those. French Revolution doesn't count because they beat themselves.

 

[BGinsanity]

Aside from Napolean and all the other ones already named it could be argued that the Revolutionary War could be like a half win for the French. It wasnt their war obviously but without their aid we(US) would have been pretty screwed....like never existing screwed.....

...thats really, REALLY screwed.

 

[NeutralDrow]

Ever hear of a little guy named Napoleon?

Napolean was Corsican. He spoke french with an accent that got him ridiculed by fellow officers.

Corsica was encorporated into France in 1768, the year before Napoleon's birth. What's your point?

People who bash France's military history always resort to the <url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_True_Scotsman>No True Scotsman fallacy to get around Napoleon.

 

[NeutralDrow]

Aside from Napolean and all the other ones already named it could be argued that the Revolutionary War could be like a half win for the French. It wasnt their war obviously but without their aid we(US) would have been pretty screwed....like never existing screwed.....

...thats really, REALLY screwed.

"Half" won is correct, in fact. Not only did they train us and give us money and weapons, but they also tied up parts of the British military by fighting elsewhere. It was for selfish reasons, granted (France wanted India), and they lost that conflict, but it still helped the colonies.

 

[YuheJi]

Heard about the Hundred Years' War? I heard a lady named Joan of Arc helped out in that war.

 

[Prototype]

One must remember that most of Europe lost during WW1 & WW2. Strictly speaking, the French Resistance never fell.

Oh, and just for funzies: google.com > type "french military victories" > I'm Feeling Lucky

 

[a stranger]

So wait, you asking if France, a country that has been existance for as far back as the Dark Ages and was once (and according to some opinions still is) one of the major super powers in Europe has, in it's entire history, ever won a war?

Tell me, does ignorance of this level cause your physical pain?

no it doesnt but it does bring pain to others

 

[Tech Team FTW!]

The American revolution.

Learn some history.