Maybe so, however a defender has to cover the whole border, the attacker just has to pick a spot and pile all his forces onto it.
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Future supreme general of allied forces over hereDilbert_X wrote:
Maybe so, however a defender has to cover the whole border, the attacker just has to pick a spot and pile all his forces onto it.
Didn't the French call the beginning of WW2 "Une drole de guerre" because the French weren't doing shit just sitting on their border while the German's vikinged their way through Poland.
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It was called a sitskreig by both sides. As the military buildup happened after poland was invaded.-Sh1fty- wrote:
Didn't the French call the beginning of WW2 "Une drole de guerre" because the French weren't doing shit just sitting on their border while the German's vikinged their way through Poland.
I dont think the French had a chance, they were still suffering from the previous war with germany.
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We just discussed their advantage in the early stages of the Polish invasion; they also had thousands more tanks which were better than their German counterparts.
And above your tomb, the stars will belong to us.
This is a case where tactics seriously outweighed numbers.
Most French units were not prepared to face combined arms or enemies that coordinated attacks decently well.
Some of the French leadership simply folded under pressure.
Most French units were not prepared to face combined arms or enemies that coordinated attacks decently well.
Some of the French leadership simply folded under pressure.
Germany suffered far worse post WWI than France did.UnkleRukus wrote:
It was called a sitskreig by both sides. As the military buildup happened after poland was invaded.-Sh1fty- wrote:
Didn't the French call the beginning of WW2 "Une drole de guerre" because the French weren't doing shit just sitting on their border while the German's vikinged their way through Poland.
I dont think the French had a chance, they were still suffering from the previous war with germany.
France had every chance. Both sides suffered considerably from losses in WW1. Perhaps if less greed had been involved at the end of the war, Hitler would've never risen to power.
And France and UK was collecting money from Germany for "reperation."Cheeky_Ninja06 wrote:
Germany suffered far worse post WWI than France did.UnkleRukus wrote:
It was called a sitskreig by both sides. As the military buildup happened after poland was invaded.-Sh1fty- wrote:
Didn't the French call the beginning of WW2 "Une drole de guerre" because the French weren't doing shit just sitting on their border while the German's vikinged their way through Poland.
I dont think the French had a chance, they were still suffering from the previous war with germany.
Oh and hyper-inflation in Germany made it a really shit place to be.
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You mean "reparation"Cybargs wrote:
And France and UK was collecting money from Germany for "repatriation."Cheeky_Ninja06 wrote:
Germany suffered far worse post WWI than France did.UnkleRukus wrote:
It was called a sitskreig by both sides. As the military buildup happened after poland was invaded.
I dont think the French had a chance, they were still suffering from the previous war with germany.
Oh and hyper-inflation in Germany made it a really shit place to be.
Take it easy bro, Cybargs is azn.
Whoa... Can't believe these forums are still kicking.
Speaking of reparations I read the other week that Germany finally paid off their reparations to the Jews by building Israel some attack subs.
mah badcoke wrote:
You mean "reparation"Cybargs wrote:
And France and UK was collecting money from Germany for "repatriation."Cheeky_Ninja06 wrote:
Germany suffered far worse post WWI than France did.
Oh and hyper-inflation in Germany made it a really shit place to be.
isn't that the reason people keep mocking the French?RAIMIUS wrote:
This is a case where tactics seriously outweighed numbers.
Most French units were not prepared to face combined arms or enemies that coordinated attacks decently well.
Some of the French leadership simply folded under pressure.
that also happened in the indochina war iirc, when some artillery general self-exploded with a hand grenade because he couldn't counter vietnamese direct fire artillery?
That sounds about right to me.Trotskygrad wrote:
isn't that the reason people keep mocking the French?RAIMIUS wrote:
This is a case where tactics seriously outweighed numbers.
Most French units were not prepared to face combined arms or enemies that coordinated attacks decently well.
Some of the French leadership simply folded under pressure.
that also happened in the indochina war iirc, when some artillery general self-exploded with a hand grenade because he couldn't counter vietnamese direct fire artillery?
I haven't heard of the indochina incident, although that is not a conflict I studied extensively.
apparently the only source is one book, however I don't see any reason to doubt itRAIMIUS wrote:
That sounds about right to me.Trotskygrad wrote:
isn't that the reason people keep mocking the French?RAIMIUS wrote:
This is a case where tactics seriously outweighed numbers.
Most French units were not prepared to face combined arms or enemies that coordinated attacks decently well.
Some of the French leadership simply folded under pressure.
that also happened in the indochina war iirc, when some artillery general self-exploded with a hand grenade because he couldn't counter vietnamese direct fire artillery?
I haven't heard of the indochina incident, although that is not a conflict I studied extensively.
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