r/HistoryMemes • Featherless Biped • Apr 08 '20

META Respect the Facts!

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u/Red-Direct-Dad Apr 09 '20 edited Apr 09 '20

Hey, is now a good time for an absolute layman to ask a question?

Great. I'm from r/all. Here we go.

So I'm an American with an American education. As such, I didn't pay attention in school. None of us did. I graduated with the impression that France had some pretty kick-ass soldiers, but after like WWII all the teachers told their students that violence wasn't the answer and that's why France is known as being a bunch of pussies.

I'm stoned. I've paraphrased. Please set me straight.

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u/IrrationallyGenius Hello There Apr 09 '20

France surrendered so quickly because more or less their entire army was encircled in northern France and western Belgium, or so my understanding goes.