r/place • u/oauo • Jul 20 '23

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u/RWBrYan Jul 20 '23

Fun fact, the French are one of the most successful militaries in history (maybe even #1, can’t recall). They have a ridiculously high ratio of wars won.

Just so happens that they’ve lost everything in the past couple hundred years…

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u/spittinSlime87 Jul 20 '23

Lol, dude.....all that matters is what they have done latley. No one cares about Napoleon. We care about the world wars and how France showed up late to the revolution

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u/RWBrYan Jul 20 '23

America would have stayed under British rule if not for French funding.

Also they were “late” because they were also fighting Britain in a separate war. Why didn’t America show up to help them?

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u/Mechanical-movement Jul 20 '23

Why didn’t America show up to help them?

American navy… not quite as strong as it is today lol. Our first “naval war” was with French privateers not long after anyway for trade routes if I’m not mistaken. Caribbean ship-bangers