“victory” in WWI amounted to slaughtering many of their own mean during what was basically a waiting game until the US arrived and we helped overwhelm the ‘huns’.
However, I will say that he was pretty much begged by the French govt to take the role when the Nazis invaded and agreed to it reluctantly assuming that it would help to prevent at least some atrocities.
At least that is how I understand it.
And it was only yesterday that Macron proposed a European Standing Army strong enough to take on Russia or the United States.
http://www.newser.com/story/266932/macron-calls-for-european-army-to-counter-us-russia.html
Somehow the though of cheese eating surrender monkeys talking about taking us on goes contrary to thinking of them as Allies.