Everyone has great sport about the French soldier in WWII. But in those 6 weeks, they lost more men than we did in the entire Vietnam war or Korean War.
~60,000 killed
200,000 wounded
12,000 missing
Their generals were poor, and they were outclassed by new tactics, but they were not cowards.
Yes, indeed, and that was in a nation of no more that 42 million souls...