Comments by "" (@tomk3732) on "Why was France so Ineffective in WWII? (1940) | Animated History" video.

  1. This is all meaningless and proves opposite of your point. French performance was pathetic. German comments of prize are for propaganda purposes. Same as constant accolades Italians got. Facts on the ground count. French despite numerical parity folded like deck of cards.
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  2. Usually that is said of Italians as well... I am sure you know why. It's not b/c they were lions.
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  3. Troops were not great either. Remember they did not want to die for Gdańsk and their "heroic" defense was very short lived. Some units that are examples of such great defence quickly folded. Like after 3 days.
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  4. It was not just generals. Morale in French army was low. Very low. They did not want to fight for Poland. They bought into German propaganda. They could not take more human losses of another war... That fear paralized their actions. There are very few times when French army fought ok in 1940. Even fewer when they did well. Most of it was miserable performance. Great French leaders of the past looked away ashamed to be of relation. Army spirit was broken from general to private.
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  5. Worse. In 1914 to 1918 they had fight in them. Will to resist. In 1940 they had will to surrender.
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  6. They seen what occurred in Poland so they knew what was coming as they sold her allay. Maginot line was whopping failure. Its main purpose was to prevent Germans coming into France... Which it failed at 100%. Germans went through weakest link like knife through butter.
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  7. More like army of sheep with low morale commanded by scared sheep. I mean non existant morale. Rotten. Ready to fall over.
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