Please list all French military victories?

Question

Please do not list defeats...as I do not have time to read a very long list. Humor apperciated.

Sgt Cech is correct about Napoleon.
Plagerism should be noted.
Can't anyone think of one difinitive victory by the French?

Answer 1

Well, Napoleon was quite successful, no wait he wasn't French, he was Corsican...Hmmm, that's a tough one.

Answer 2

List Of French Military Victories

Answer 3

1066 French from Normandy invade England and conquer it, eventually Scotland, Wales, and Ireland too.

1428 - 1453 France defeats England in France during the 100 Years War, winning 25 yrs of battles and the war itself (before this war England owned 50% of France).

Late 1400s - early 1500s Charles the Bold and Louis XII invade northern Italy and conquer it.

1830 France conquers Algeria and much of North Africa.

1862 France conquers Mexico.

just a few victories

Answer 4

exciting the way you credit the French with victories in battles, and you discredit American participation in wars. Why no longer, to be honest, study us of a's fulfillment in guy or woman battles once you evaluate them to the French, a minimum of this way you would be measuring the comparable factor, and you will detect a greater effective thank you to spend a while typing up the extensive checklist of battles we've gained. that's relatively helpful to get some coffee, it is going to likely be a late evening for you.

Answer 5

Not a difficult question at all.

With the exception of Napoleon's armies which subjugated most of Europe ( 1805 -1815) until the Russian fiasco ( this is where the 1812 overture comes in) I can't think of one war that they actually won.

Yeah, never thought about it before. Sure is eye opening, so to say.

Answer 6

Medieval times they won a few but ti was 1066 when they beat the English i think that was the last war they won by themselves.Although they world war 1 & 2 they won but with ally help.

Answer 7

French military victories? That's a oxymoron.

Answer 8

Truthfully it is hard to remember history before World War I, but Napoleon nearly took over Europe, so don't knock them too hard.

Answer 9

The complete military history of France --

- Gallic Wars
- Lost. In a war whose ending foreshadows the next 2000 years of French history, France is conquered by of all things, an Italian. [Or at ths time in history, a Roman -ed.]

- Hundred Years War
- Mostly lost, saved at last by female schizophrenic who inadvertently creates The First Rule of French Warfare; "France's armies are victorious only when not led by a Frenchman." Sainted.

- Italian Wars
- Lost. France becomes the first and only country to ever lose two wars when fighting Italians.

- Wars of Religion
- France goes 0-5-4 against the Huguenots

- Thirty Years War
- France is technically not a participant, but manages to get invaded anyway. Claims a tie on the basis that eventually the other participants started ignoring her.

- War of Revolution
- Tied. Frenchmen take to wearing red flowerpots as chapeaux.

- The Dutch War
- Tied

- War of the Augsburg League/King William's War/French and Indian War
- Lost, but claimed as a tie. Three ties in a row induces deluded Frogophiles the world over to label the period as the height of French military power.

- War of the Spanish Succession
- Lost. The War also gave the French their first taste of a Marlborough, which they have loved every since.

- American Revolution
- In a move that will become quite familiar to future Americans, France claims a win even though the English colonists saw far more action. This is later known as "de Gaulle Syndrome", and leads to the Second Rule of French Warfare; "France only wins when America does most of the fighting."

- French Revolution
- Won, primarily due the fact that the opponent was also French.

- The Napoleonic Wars
- Lost. Temporary victories (remember the First Rule!) due to leadership of a Corsican, who ended up being no match for a British footwear designer.

- The Franco-Prussian War
- Lost. Germany first plays the role of drunk Frat boy to France's ugly girl home alone on a Saturday night.

- World War I
- Tied and on the way to losing, France is saved by the United States [Entering the war late -ed.]. Thousands of French women find out what it's like to not only sleep with a winner, but one who doesn't call her "Fraulein." Sadly, widespread use of condoms by American forces forestalls any improvement in the French bloodline.

- World War II
- Lost. Conquered French liberated by the United States and Britain just as they finish learning the Horst Wessel Song.

- War in Indochina
- Lost. French forces plead sickness; take to bed with the Dien Bien Flu

- Algerian Rebellion
- Lost. Loss marks the first defeat of a western army by a Non-Turkic Muslim force since the Crusades, and produces the First Rule of Muslim Warfare; "We can always beat the French." This rule is identical to the First Rules of the Italians, Russians, Germans, English, Dutch, Spanish, Vietnamese and Esquimaux.

- War on Terrorism
- France, keeping in mind its recent history, surrenders to Germans and Muslims just to be safe. Attempts to surrender to Vietnamese ambassador fail after he takes refuge in a McDonald's.

Answer 10

as google would redirect, Did you mean French military defeats?

Answer 11

is there any other reason why Willie from The Simpsons calls the french " surrender monkeys?"