In 1914, they stopped the Germans short of Paris.
In 1940, many fought, but many others were poorly trained and overwhelmed.
The protests began on 17 November in response to the tax on diesel rising 23 per cent in just 12 months. The protesters taking to the streets wearing the high visibility yellow vests which are compulsory in all vehicles in France.
The protests have seen even school students in solidarity with the yellow vest movement calling for Macron to resign over education reforms.
The ambulance services joining the fire and police services in a country of civil unrest against a globalist President who, despite his plummeting approval ratings, has flirted with the idea of calling for a state of emergency.
He has dug his heels in stating he will not back down from his climate change agenda and that fuel duty will rise again in the new year.
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Little Napoleon is in serious doo-doo, he just won't accept reality quite yet.
The French put second level troops at Sedan and the general staff and politicians panicked when the Germans broke through. One French general got it right “ we lost one battle, that can be overcome.” But the government did not listen. Their panic caused the BEF to retreat to Dunkirk. They got out because the French troops held the perimeter. More French troops died after Dunkirk than before.
The Dutch government panicked after the Rotterdam attack. The Dutch soldiers did a number on the German air landing troops and transports. Our troops panicked at Kasserine. The Red army lost almost 6 million in the first 6 months. The French did not have time and distance to be able to regroup and learn. And a weak government and outdated and elderly general staff.