“You asked earlier if the Confedracy would have fought another Civil War in 1881. Are you kidding? Yeah they would have fought - bravely; because it was their own damn country.”
Well they’re 130 years late; why haven’t they attacked the federal forts again?
France had no means or will to fight; they knew the sacrifice of the “Great War” had been for nothing (even being attacked by their allies of that previous war - Italy & Japan), and they rightly figured this would be as meaningless (the subsequent Cold War validated that).
“France had no means or will to fight...”
Yes, i think everyone agrees that France had no will to fight. This is an assertion not in dispute.
What is less clear is support for your assertion that the French surrender prevented a Soviet-style takeover of France like happened in Eastern Europe, and how that ties into Vichy resistance during the African landings.
But thank you for answering. I learned all I need to know in the exchange.