Can I get information on France at war? It is for a school project.?

Answer 1

Hey nicholle if you really want to impress your teachers then use information thats not in amreican history books.
depending on which war you choose to study (if you do have a choice) I would suggest you go back to the french revolution.

You will find (with good hardened study) that the french are infact some of the MASTERS OF WAR. Especially since we are now under this guise of "war on terror" you will find it interesting that the french collabertated with british and finally American aristocrats to essentially start a permanent war of economics designed to keep the rich richer and the poor fighting wars that only rich can win.

Its all very complicated but easy to understand. Be sure to mention that until WW1 and WW2 wars were just as much about respect as they were about domination.

as more and more ways were developed to mechanize war, mankind included political and economic terrorism in acts of war so to ensure the "enemy" is crushed from within not just via gunshots and explosions. Essentialy disolving what was the only important thing to people....FREEDOM.

Its impossible to WIN A WAR??????

Answer 2

The shape of France that we know about today came through a string of French military conquests under King Philip II, when in the late twelfth century he conquered Flanders, Burgundy, and Champagne, and cajolled off Richard the English territories in Brittany and Normandie. From then on the French did make its mark on the battlefield, perhaps more than what a Google search would suggest.

1190: King Philip II captured Akko (Acre) on the third Crusade.

1214: King Philip II then beat John (brother of King Richard I of England), the Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV, and the count of Flanders at Bouvines.

1439: Jean d'Arc dispatches the British who were laying seige to Orleans.

1453: The Hundred Years War ended in France's favour with their victory at Castillon-la-Bataille.

1643: In the Thirty Years War the Frogs foil a Spanish invasion at Rocroi.

1677: In the War of 1672 - 1678 the French capture Freiburg off William of Orange.

1690: France's first naval victory - over an Anglo-Dutch flotilla at Beachy Head.

1754: George Washington requested that the French vacate the Allegheny River and return to Canada. The French refused, and subsequently defeated Washington at Fort Necessity.

1755: General Edward Braddock tried to do what George Washington failed to achieve, and he also got creamed at Fort Duquesne.

1756: Feeling happy with themselves, the French under Marquis se Montcalm captured Fort Oswego.

1757: ...And also Fort William Henry.

1781: French forces under Rochambeau, and the French navy at sea, help manage to defeat Cornwallis at Yorktown.

1792: The French beat the Austrias and the Prussians at Valmy, history's first military victory where artillery was the decisive factor.

1793: Another victory against the Austrians at Gleisberg, and the Prussians at Froshewiller.

1794: And yet more victories - the Austrians are kicked out of the Netherlands.

1800: After some setbacks, the French returned with a winning streak, overcoming the Austrians at Marengo in northern Italy and Hohenlinden in Bavaria.

1805: The French under Napoleon defeated the Austrians at Ulm and the Russians at Austerlitz.

1808: The French manage to hold off a British expeditionary force in Galicia, Spain.

1812: The French win at Lützen and Bautzen against the Prussians and Russians.

1815: Napoleon emerges from retirement, raises an army of 280,000 men and beat the allies at Ligny in Belgium.

From this point onwards French victories are a bit harder to find, and this is what has probably lead to the joke in 2003 that if you do a Google search on 'French Military Victories' one would find nothing (in fact you would get websites discussing this story). The only victories in the twentieth century were:

1916: 700,000 French troops stopped the Germans in the Battle of Verdun, despite sustaining heavy casualties. They were also successful getting rid of the Germans in Cameroon.

1941: The Vichy French navy defeated the Thai navy in the Gulf of Thailand (well, they must have had a chance to do something right in World War II)

Answer 3

French military rifles on sale! Never fired. Only dropped once!

Patton once said "I'd rather have a German division in front of me than two French divisions behind me."

As warriors, the French make incredible cheeses and baked goods.

Answer 4

Well, at least we can thank Charlemagne for keeping the western world Christian and not Muslim... Battle of Tours...but other than that, we're really scraping bottom.

Answer 5

refer to the 9th class history text book

Answer 6

Sure, you can get info on that. Which war do you mean?

Answer 7

yeah they're wussies..... thankfully they have the french foreign legion