why are the french so bad at war?

>>69453154
because of eternal-anglo :^)

>>69453154

We won that war.

>>69453310
it did take you a hundred years though

it was a civil war involving two french houses over one crown

>>69453418

I doubt you know much about what really it was.

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>>69453154

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>>69453154
Why can't the English win a war by legitimate means?

>>69453997
and lose the war

>>69454041
here's your (You)

>>69453154
Cause it is hard to fight when sprinting away from your enemies.

>>69453154
because all they can do is wine

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>>69454105
They are two different wars.The Peninsular War was a war that took the English almost 6 years to win when their only opponents were demoralized, under-supplied and outnumbered French soldiers, every relevant battle they won was through sheer numbers. Not to mention the war was only won because of the failed Invasion of Russia and the start of another Coalition.

The Hundred Days was won primarily through the efforts of Prussia, not to mention that most experienced Frenchmen were killed in Russia and they were outnumbered anyway.

>>69453154
Was it that battle there almost all french knights been killed by coward English archers with longbows? I think it was not very nice at that time.

>>69454437
>at that time
in those times

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>>69453997
The first two of these """"victories"""" are minor skirmishes that took place during the French army's retreat.
The siege only ended because Wellington left to smash a french army that was supposed to surround him.
And the Battle of Quatre Bras was a British victory.

>>69454913
>took place during the French army's retreat.
The makes it even more of a humiliating defeat for the English also considering that the French army in Spain was a second-rate force

>Quatre Bras was a British victory.
Is that why the British ran away with their tails between their legs?

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Le longbow meme

>>69455092

Why didn't the English fight on horseback?

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>>69455083
>Is that why the British ran away with their tails between their legs?
It was the French that quit the field.
>The makes it even more of a humiliating defeat for the English
Nope it means that French were good at rear guard actions, presumably brought about their vast experience in retreating. Also the real reason is that Wellington wasn't willing to commit heavily to hounding the retreating French because they outnumbered him.

>>69455179
Too much effort getting horses across the channel in large enough numbers to compete with France. The English used loads of cavalry against us though.

>>69455179

>In this battle, the English employed the same methods used in the victories at Crécy in 1346 and Agincourt in 1415, deploying an army composed predominantly of longbowmen behind a barrier of sharpened stakes driven into the ground to obstruct any attack by cavalry.

>>69454246
EXCELLENT post

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"Their business is war, and they do their business"
>t. Rudyard Kipling

Major Wars fought since the 4th century:
>168
Won
>109
Lost
>49
Drawn
>10

That's as good a record as any old power, perhaps the best martial record.

>>69459070
Lost all the important ones

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>>69459149
>muh napoleon!
>muh war of the nth coalition!
dumb frogs still lost when it counted

>>69459070
I want none anglos OUT

>>69459428
>canada
>anglo
where's your cricket team then m8?

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>>69453154
cowardice.

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we good bois we dindu nuffin delet this thread

>>69459558
>Game mainly played by Pakis

Canadians play the true white man's sport: Ice hockey

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>>69459689
>ice hockey
game mostly played by non-anglos

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>>69459558
Fuck off kiwi, you don't even have a black watch.

>>69459619
Americans haven't fought a single war in which their opponent was on equal or superior footing. France has many times - and won.