Just in World War II, the following countries defeated the French:
Germany
Italy
Thailand
England
Japan
US
France
Post World War II:
Vietnam
Algeria
Egypt
In WWII the French successfully held the Italians back in the south, even as they were being overwhelmed by the Germans elsewhere.
In Egypt, the military operation was a complete success, but as in Vietnam (the american experiance) they were defeated by politics back home. More specifically, they, Israel and Britain caved in to American pressure, leaving Nasser in power in egypt and the west look weak and divided, leading to the eventual collapse of pro-western governments and values in that part of the world and the eventual rise of the likes of Saddam Hussein and the mullocracy in Iran...