Why isn't this man an absolute legend ?
> Fight in WW1
>Get wounded +6 times by fighting in Verdun for 16 MONTHS
>Fight in the Rif war, get wounded again
>WW2, General of a French division
>Successfuly hold your ground, capture thousands of Krauts
>When the French lines break, keeps fighting and pushing back the Germans again, even delaying their advance on the Marne while retreating
>Your division is still tactically operational
>Morale is low
>Increase discipline so the soldiers keep fighting
>It works, but it's too late
>Armistice time, allowed to stay in the army by Petain
>Sent to Tunisia, tells the Krauts to fuck off when the Afrika Korps asks for supplies
>Get called back to France
>Jean Moulin asks him to lead the Resistance troops
>Refuse
>Vichy France is invaded by Germany
>Get ordered not to fight by fucking Petain himself
>Tell him to fuck off and fight anyway
>Get arrested
>Escape with the help of the Resistance
>Fly to London, then to Tunisia
>De Gaulle makes you general of the FFF and you're welcomed as a hero
>Lead the first French Army, taking Elba and be the main leader of the operation Anvil Dragoon in southern France
>Take the two major southern french ports ONE MONTH before the actual objectives
>Recruit soldiers from the resistance into your army
>Fight your way to the battle of the vosges
>Be the FIRST allied army to reach the rhine, leading an army of over 400 000 french men
>The war is over, get to sit with Eisenhower, Montgomery and Zhukov despite your country having technically lost the war two times
>Indochina
>Kick some gook asses until falling ill and die a few months later
How is this frog not an absolute legend ?
>>3023952
He also was the only French General to lead four divisions of US troops, after he defended Strasbourg alone during the Ardennes counter offensive.
>>3023952
He and De Gaulle fucked Eisenhower in the ass
>>3023952
Underrated general