[NFHale]

“...ompare it to France - whose tune La Marseillaise commences at 100mph without slowing down before it’s defiant ending...”

Oh, “La Marseillaise” ended a LOT less “defiantly” in 1940.

Why, the French even planted a lot of trees so the Germans could march in the shade...

[dfwgator]

I still say the Soviet/Russian anthem musically is the best anthem.

The lyrics do leave much to be desired, though.

[Fiji Hill]

Oh, “La Marseillaise” ended a LOT less “defiantly” in 1940.

Sort of like the Mexican national anthem, one of the most stirring and bellicose of all national hymns. Ironically, at the very same time it was adopted, 1854, corrupt Mexican legislators were selling off chunks of their country to the US.

[DesertRhino]

“Why, the French even planted a lot of trees so the Germans could march in the shade...”

The Brits fled the battlefield

[Cronos]

well the trees were planted by Napoleon - who wanted his soldiers to march in their shade.

you must remember that it was essentially France who created Germany - by invading it and destroying the HRE and creating the German union, it created Germany