I heard a rumor that the white flag factory in France burned to the ground, thereby crippling all French military action until white flag production could be brought back on-line.

You can shorten it to just "French Military" and get the same result. I guess "French Military" has become synonymous with "failure".
Are there no winning French commanders after Charles "The Hammer" Martel?

I'm sure that just happens because we here in the good old USA OWN the internet and not those euroweenies :)

Pretty good... here's one for you.

I order a lot of stuff from military surplus sites sometimes. Hey, it's cheap and it works! I bought some hankerchiefs a whle ago. French ones.

It was a 10 pack or something. I think 6 of them were the green (olive drab) kind, and the other 4 were white.

The white ones were bigger. I shit you not.

Oui!

Didn't France sue Google a while ago?

Type in Google: vcr clock
then press I'm feeling Lucky.

(then look closely)

I read it, it's bullshits. Napoleon conquered all the EU and even more, France conquered several times the whole EU, and we bit the prussians, the 100 years war was won etc... and a lot of wars where you can find some defeats amongst victories.
Denny, anybody could do this kind of paper about a country, you just choose the worse, forget the best and emphasize what's border line.
I hope you knew it already, but maybe you don't want to think so much in this way. Yeah you're sorry, so am I to always see these kind of bullshits. If you realy look to what France realized, (the biggest plane, the fastest one too, new technologies for the fusion reactions control etc ...) you'd be surprised, do you know how many French scientist do you have ? They're amongst the most efficient, but you buy them with money. I can't remeber of any USA native genious. You still pick the good in EU, you are full of money, but here in EU, you're not seen as the best, you just use your money to win.
Now I'll do the same on the USA that you did to France :

-Didn't you lost the Vietnam ? lol it was a small country though.

-independant war, you won because the French helped you.

- you too you fought against yourselves and won basicaly because the oponent was american .

-You did pussies in WWII and didn't help EU till it smelled realy bad for your ass.

-You were so coward and afraid of a decent fight with Japan that you needed to use the A bomb and killed thousands of women and children.

- You muredered all Indians with desases because even without bullets they were better at war than you.

I'm sure I could continue longer, and your history is younger than ours. I just want to show you how easy it is. You can do this against any country in the world.

This is stupid bashing, what you do with France is colse to what you call trolling.

Here are some French Victories :

Aboukir (Egypte), 11 juil. 1799
Adige (Italie), 28 mars 1799
Alba de Tormes (Espagne), 28 nov. 1809
Aldenhoven (Allemagne), 2 oct. 1794
Alexandrie (Egypte), 2 juil. 1798
Alkamer (Pays-Bas), 27 août au 30 nov. 1799
Almeida (Portugal), 24 juil. 1810
Almonacid (Espagne), 11 août 1809
Altenkirchen (Allemagne), 4 juin 1796
Amberg (Allemagne), 21 août 1796
Arcole (Italie), 15-16-17 nov. 1796
Arlon (Belgique), 17 avril 1794
Astorga (Espagne), 21 avril 1810
Austerlitz (Rép. tchèque), 2 déc. 1805
Badajoz (Espagne), 10 mars 1811
Bamberg (Allemagne), 4 août 1796
Bassano (Italie), 8 sept. 1796
Bassignano (Italie), 19 mai 1799
Bautzen (Allemagne), 19-20 mai 1813
Berg-op-Zoom (Belgique), 8 mars 1814
Biberach (Allemagne), 2 oct. 1796 et 9 mai 1800
Breslaw [Breslau] (Pol.), 7 déc. 1806 au 3 janv. 1807
Burgos (Espagne), 19 sept. 1812
C. de Sprimont (Belgique), 18 sept.1794
Caldiero (Italie), 30 oct. au 2 nov. 1805
Capri (Italie), 18 oct. 1808
Castel Franco (Italie), 23 nov. 1805
Castiglione (Italie), 5 juil. 1796
Champaubert (France), 10 fév. 1814
Chébreisse (Egypte), 7 au 13 juil. 1798
Ciudad-Rodrigo(Espagne), 5 juin au 10 juil. 1810
Courtrai (Belgique), 17 juin 1792
Dantzig (Pologne), 19 mars au 26 mai 1807
Dego (Italie), 15 avril 1796
Diernstein [Dürrenstein] (Autriche), 14 nov. 1805
Diersheim (Allemagne), 20-26 avril 1797
Dietikon (Suisse), 22-26 sept. 1799
Dresde (Allemagne), 26 août 1813
Düsseldorf (Allemagne), 8 sept. 1795
Eckmuhl (Allemagne), 22 avril 1809
Elchingen (Allemagne), 13 oct. 1805
Engen (Allemagne), 3 mai 1800
Espinosa (Espagne), 10-11 nov. 1808
Essling (Autriche), 21-22 mai 1809
Etlingen (Allemagne), 9 juil. 1796
Eylau (Russie), 8 février 1807
Fleurus (Belgique), 26 juin 1794
Friedberg (Allemagne), 24 août 1796
Friedland (Russie), 14 juin 1807
Fuente d'Ouoro [de Oñoro] (Espagne) 5 mai 1811
Gaete (Italie), 7 fév. au 18 juil. 1806
Gebora (Espagne), 19 fév. 1811
Geisberg (France), 6 déc. 1793
Gênes (Italie), avril-mai 1800
Girone (Espagne), 21-25 déc. 1809
Grand-Port (La Réunion), 23 août 1810
Gratz (Autriche), 26 juin 1809
Guntzbourg (Allemagne), 9 oct. 1805
Halle (Allemagne), 17 oct. 1806
Hanau (Allemagne), 30 oct. 1813
Heilsberg (Pologne), 10 juin 1807
Héliopolis (Egypte), 20 mars 1800
Hochstett (Allemagne), 19 mai 1800
Hohenlinden (Allemagne), 3 déc. 1800
Hollabrunn (Autriche), 15 déc. 1805
Hondschootte (France), 7-9 nov. 1793
Iéna (Allemagne), 14 oct. 1806
Jaffa (Israël), 3 mars 1799
Jemmapes (Belgique), 6 nov. 1792
Kehl (Allemagne), 24 juin 1796
Krasnoë (Russie), 14 août et 17 nov. 1812
La Corogne (Espagne), 16 janv. 1809
La Moskowa (Russie), 7 sept. 1812
La Piave (Italie), 8 mai 1809
Landau (Allemagne), 2 au 8 août 1792
Landshut (Allemagne), 21 avril 1809
Le Bastan (France), 27 juil. 1794
Le Boulou (Espagne), 13 août 1794
Le Caire (Egypte), 8 au 24 juil. 1798
Le Mincio (Italie), 8 fév. 1814
Le Var (France), mai 1800
Lerida (Espagne), 23 avril 1810
Les Pyramides (Egypte), 21 juil. 1798
Ligny (Belgique), 16 juin 1815
Lille (France), 26 sept. au 9 oct. 1793
Loano (Italie), 23 nov. 1795
Lodi (Italie), 11 mai 1796
Lübeck (Allemagne), 7 nov. 1806
Lutzen (Allemagne), 2 mai 1813
Luxembourg (Luxembourg), 12 juin 1795
Medina del Rioseco [Rio Seco] (Esp.), 14 juil. 1808
M.[alo] Jaroslawietz (Russie), 24 oct. 1812
Madrid (Espagne), 4 déc. 1808
Maestricht (Pays-Bas), 27 fév. 1793
Mantoue (Italie), 30 janv. 1797
Marengo (Italie), 14 juin 1800
Maria-Belchite (Espagne), 18 juin 1809
Medelin [Medellin] (Esp.), 28 mars 1809
Mequinenza (Espagne), 8 juin 1810
Millesimo (Italie), 14 avril 1796
Moeskirch (Allemagne), 5 mai 1800
Mohilew (Biélorussie), 20-21 juil. 1812
Mondovi (Italie), 5 avril 1796
Mont Thabor (Israël), 16 avril 1799
Montagne noire (France), 17-20 nov. 1794
Montebello (Italie), 12 juin 1800
Montenotte (Italie), 9-11 avril 1796
Montereau (France), 18 fév. 1814
Montmirail (France), 11 fév. 1814
Mutta Thal (Suisse), 14-16 août 1799
Naples (Italie), 25 janv. 1799
Neresheim (Allemagne), 10 août 1796
Neuwied (Allemagne), 18 avril 1797
Ocaña (Espagne), 19 nov. 1809
Olivenza (Espagne), 22 janv. 1811
Oporto (Porto), 29 mars 1808
Ostrolenka (Pologne), 16 fév. 1807
Peschiera (Italie), 1er juin 1796
Plaisance (Italie), 5 mai 1800
Polotsk (Biélorussie), 16-18 août 1812
Pozzola (Pozzolo), 25 déc. 1800
Prentzlow (Allemagne), 28 oct. 1806
Pultusk (Pologne), 26 déc. 1806
Raab (Hongrie), 14 juin 1809
Raguse (Croatie), 26 mai 1806
Rastat (Allemagne), 5 juil. 1796
Ratisbonne (Allemagne), 23 avril 1809Rivoli (Italie), 14 janv. 1797
Roses [Rosas] (Espagne), janv. 1795 et déc. 1808
Roveredo (Italie), 3 et 5 sept. 1796
Saalfeld (Allemagne), 10 oct. 1806
Sagonte (Espagne), 25 oct. 1811
San Giuliano [Marengo] (Italie), 14 juin 1800
Saragosse (Espagne), 21 déc. 1808 au 21 fév. 1809
Schliengen (Allemagne), 23 oct. 1796
Sediman (Egypte), 30 mars 1798
Sierra [Somo Sierra] (Esp.), 30 nov. 1808
Smolensko (Russie), 16-17 août 1812
St Georges (Italie), 14 sept. 1796
Tagliamento (Italie), 14 mars 1797
Tarragone (Espagne), 28 juin 1811
Tortose [Tortosa] (Esp.), 2 janv. 1811
Toulouse (France), 10 avril 1814
Tourcoing (France), 18 mai 1794
Tudela (Espagne), 23 nov. 1808
Uclez (Espagne), 13 janv. 1809
Ulm (Allemagne), 20 oct. 1805
Valence (Espagne), 1er janv. 1812
Valls (Espagne), 25 fév. 1809
Valmy (France), 20 sept. 1792
Valontina [Valountina] (Russie), 19 août 1812
Vique (Espagne), 20 fév. 1810
Wagram (Autriche), 6 juil. 1809
Wattignies (France), 16 oct. 1793
Weissembourg (France), 2 avril au 26 déc. 1793
Wertingen (Allemagne), 8 oct. 1805
Wurschen (Allemagne), 21 mai 1813
Ypres (Belgique), 12 nov. 1792
Zurich (Suisse), 25-26 sept. 1799

Yep, I guess the French won more battles than the USA, although they also had more defeats, we simply did war longer than you.

Pierce, why do you bother speaking to those bastards ? You're loosing your time.

BOF, first they are not bastards, they just disagree sometimes.
Secondly I'm not wasting my time but YOU are wasting my time.

Now go trolling elsewhere damn asshole.

did you look at the address when you get the result :

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/text/victories.html

it's not a google page, a guy made this. we should do the same with usa.

so the result is simply bullshits from the beginning to the end.

I've got a good one for you denny,

type : miserable failure, in google

Sorry, I just couldn't resist it.

Always new Google was awesome :-)

ps pierce forgot WATERLOO

and you forgot to mention that you always were kicked out again after one of those victories.

Most of the fightin in those countries was done by the legionnaires, whom mostly where non french fighters.

It's obvious that you're not french. The French Foreign Legion was created by Louis Philippe, then King of France, on March 10, 1831.

and you forgot to mention that you always were kicked out again after one of those victories.

of course, otherwise all europe would be speaking french by now... History teach us that you can never stay by force in a country... Algeria, Indochina, Vietnam, Lebanon, Irak...

John - LOL. Now that was funny.
Amber - Too true. I was proud of my mother because she could set the VCR clock when she was in her 80's. She was the only one of her friends who could actually record programs on her VCR. Everyone else used it to play movies from Blockbuster.

" History teach us that you can never stay by force in a country."

I think William, the Duke of Normandy would disagree with you there, Prosper. Study what happened to the Byzantine Empire as well.
History is replete with examples of permanent annexation of territory by force.

Just two points this evening...

"-Didn't you lost the Vietnam ? lol it was a small country though."

Only after the french lost it first...

And finally, am I the only one to notice that in that entire list of "french victories" there isn't a single one after 1814?

poor Radiocative Monk, PIerce picked just a bunch of battles... Last time we kicked officially some ass was last year in Ivory Coast. But no need to be very proud of that, it's like US Army against rebels in Irak...
You want a war ? Open your book, or because it may be too hard for you, click here : http://www.war1418.com/battleverdun/

You will learn about The Battle of Verdun, that is considered the greatest and lengthiest in world history. Two of my grand-grand-fathers were wounded there. It was very different of carpet-bombing iraki civilians.

yep the battle of Verdun, 2 enemies of the same strength and 700000 casualties, we won this time. They didn't have all their tanks and planes as they did later in the Blitz Krieg.
The Blitz Krieg was possible after, in 1939, because the French didn' make enough weapons, and the German had the most powerful army, more powerful than the USA army. Hopefully, the USA made weapons from 1939 till they were attacked in Pearl Harbord and so when the USA counter attacked, their army was the biggest.

We French are pussies. We have no balls. We envy strong usa.

"It was very different of carpet-bombing iraki civilians."

You have the US confused with Insurgents I believe. In fact they aren't even IRAQI insurgents! I'm just wondering, where is your anger for all of the civilians being killed by these foreign infiltrators??? Guess that's ok, huh?
That's exactly what the US does, purposely carpet bombs civilians. You have got to be kidding me. Hey if you believe that's what we set out to do, I have big tower in Paris I'd like to sell you. Dirt cheap.

"We French are pussies. We have no balls. We envy strong usa."

And as well you should.

We French are pussies. We have no balls. We know everybody already see through our hypocrisis.

"We American are pussies. We have no balls. We know everybody already see through our hypocrisis."

Cool, someone posting with my name. I wonder what kind of person would sink that low?

Look again Eric. I think it was Bunch of Fools, another Troll who promised to never come back but did.

hahahahahahaha!

Hey Pierce, the french might have won a lot battles, but they lost the most important ones.