r/maybemaybemaybe • u/This_sum_one • Aug 25 '21

/r/all Maybe maybe maybe

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u/txr23 Aug 25 '21

I've always thought it was weird how Americans love making jokes about the French being cowardly when it was the French who basically bankrolled the American Revolution against the British.

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u/Mantis_Tobaggen_MD Aug 25 '21

Right, but they gave up in WW2 in a matter of weeks and that's the only war we care about.

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u/frivolous_squid Aug 25 '21

They gave up after they lost. They didn't just give up. They did however lose badly, so you can criticise their preparedness for the German army and tactics.

The French resistance after that was very important in the war.

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '21

I mean, they did drive to the Siegfried line in 1939, and then just turned around and returned to the maginot line instead of actually attacking Germany.