> The “Lack” is a historic problem. Some call them yellow. <
Up until about 10 years ago, I would have disputed that. And I would have mentioned Verdun (1916) and Dunkirk (1940). The French performed heroically in both battles.
Today, I don’t know. Is it cowardliness, or is it just extreme naivety?
It can be argued that the Allies allowed Germany to take France without a fight in order to protect this center of the world's art and architecture. In the long view that may be correct. An art center, a city, in Germany escaped Allied bombing until someone made a mistake and it too was accidentally bombed. Still the Germans never forgave us.