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French Military Victories in History
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Posted on 02/07/2003 11:56:55 AM PST by ElkGroveDan
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perfect.
To: ElkGroveDan
To: ElkGroveDan
french fried
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posted on
02/07/2003 12:02:19 PM PST
by
Vaduz
To: ElkGroveDan
You forgot the battle on the Plains of Abraham where French General Montcalm lost to an inferior force of British regulars and native mercenaries led by General Wolfe, who scaled the heights of the St. Lawrence River in the middle of the night to rout the French Army and kick the French out of North America.
To: ElkGroveDan
You forgot the battle on the Plains of Abraham where French General Montcalm lost to an inferior force of British regulars and native mercenaries led by General Wolfe, who scaled the heights of the St. Lawrence River in the middle of the night to rout the French Army and kick the French out of North America.
To: ElkGroveDan
How about the boming and sinking of the unarmed, civilian "Rainbow Warrior"? Certainly one of France's greatist achievements?
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posted on
02/07/2003 12:09:46 PM PST
by
Drango
(don't need no stinkin' tag line)
To: ElkGroveDan
Well they did defeat Greenpeace at the infamous "Battle of the Rainbow Warrior."
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posted on
02/07/2003 12:10:30 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: ElkGroveDan
Shame on you for wasting so much cyber-space! If you had concentrated solely on French military victories, your article post would look like this:
Simpler, isn't it?
To: Drango
Great minds think alike :)
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posted on
02/07/2003 12:10:57 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: ElkGroveDan
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."
OMG, that's funny.
To: ElkGroveDan
Vive La France!
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posted on
02/07/2003 12:11:20 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(Freeper Caribbean Cruise May 31-June 6, Staterooms As Low As $610 Per Person For Entire Week!)
To: Drango
Actually, one victory for which I give them a heart-felt "Hoorah!"
To: ElkGroveDan
Remembering the First Rule. Most of their anti-terros squads of the 70s and 80s were led by Vietnameese who left SEA in the 50s.
Corallary to First Rule: Only decent French troops are not French. i.e. FFL, The Frog FOREIGN Legion.
The 4/11 Panzer Grenadiers/Light moved from Wermacht to FFL almost to the man, and were most effective FL force in SEA!
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posted on
02/07/2003 12:12:52 PM PST
by
MindBender26
(.....and for more news as it happens...stay tuned to your local FReeper station....)
To: ElkGroveDan
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posted on
02/07/2003 12:13:32 PM PST
by
E Rocc
To: ElkGroveDan
To be fair, the French did beat the Mexicans in the 1860's, but only after achieving a 6-1 numerical advantage.
However, remember that Cinco De Mayo commemorates the victory of a 4,500 Mexican poorly-armed militia over a 6,500 professional French army at The Battle Of Puebla in 1862.
The French victory of 1863 was short lived, however, after the U.S. provided aid to Mexico to oust the cheese-eaters, who were expelled permanmently in 1867.
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posted on
02/07/2003 12:14:58 PM PST
by
Smedley
To: canuck_conservative
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posted on
02/07/2003 12:15:28 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: ElkGroveDan
It is generally accepted fact in diplomatic circles that France enthuastically backed the digging of the Cross Channel Tunnel ("Chunnel") because it would facilitate setting up a government in exile in London much more quickly in case of any threat to French politicians.
To: Smedley
To be fair, the French did beat the Mexicans in the 1860's, but only after achieving a 6-1 numerical advantage. I'm going to correct myself since this really wasn't a victory in the end. Mexico city was temporily captured, but the French ultimately did lose.
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posted on
02/07/2003 12:19:26 PM PST
by
Smedley
To: ElkGroveDan
This, of course, explains how and why the French had a worldwide empire (most of western Africa, half of the current United States, Vietnam and Cambodia); and how under Napoleon they controlled all of Europe except Russia, which then led Napoleon's pridefulness to the 1812 invasion.
To: dfwgator
Great!!
Of corse, let's also not forget "The White Tourist's Guide to South-Central L.A." or Michael Moore's "Guide to Personal Human Hygiene".
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