There was something stupid about it. It's called winter.
Winter wasn't really the problem at first.. the real problem was the russian's scourched earth tactic, which made the winter deadly. Who would have thought they'd actually burn Moscow (sp?) to the ground?
The 3rd Reich's invasion of Russia was stupid, yes. Because it was already done for the first time on a big scale with Napoleon.. that defeat was the first reminder.. to copy it was stupid. To try it out for the first time was bold.
Then they chilled out and started being awesome in other ways (like having beautiful women who shave their armpits).
Besides, the Viking Age was way more awesome than the Napoleonic Era, the royal system, and charlemagne put together. It also lasted longer.
lol, french girls shave their armpits too.. that stereotype comes from french erotic movies of the 1950s or something.
(and the Viking age didn't last longer than the royal system, but don't worry, i know you didn't mean that)
Um...I seem to remember you guys getting your asses kicked for a while until Joan of Arc saved you. Something about the British controlling Paris...maybe it's just me.
Yeah.. but the 100 years war continued for a few decades after Joan of Arc died.. she didn't save the country.. she did mark a turn point in the war though.
But the 100 years war is quite a good example. the main reason for it can be traced back to when the normans invaded england.. hence William the Conqueror became king of England and vassal of the french King... he possessed lands in France.. let that situation increase for a few generations of Norman-decendant English Kings and you got a british king with french land, claiming more.
So the cause of the 100 years war is actually the successful french (or norman if you prefer) invasion of England. And before you say it, yes the normans have viking blood, but also frankish blood (and at a higher level according to specialists) which explains why they were totally francisised. (sp?)
We've been top more than 50 years. More like 100, tbh.
I wouldn't say the US was THE top military nation before their victory in WW2. Among the top sure.
A. We did better than you. When you left, Vietnam was fine. When we left, it was a smoking craphole.
B. Colonial empire = look, we shot the black guy with the stick and took his land.
Yeah, indeed, Indochina wasn't a craphole when France left. Why? because it was a colony, and France fought to keep it as a usefull one.. not as a unusable scourched earth. When the french understood that the colony had become too expensive to keep (in money and men) they left.
The americans fought there to beat communism. They also loved using helicopters and napalm.
As for colonial empires, their main enemies or competition were the other colonial empires. France, England, the Netherlands, the Belgians, the Spanish, the Portugese..etc.. France lost many colonial lands to the brits (and a huge part of the US was french land sold to the americans by.. Napoleon.. he shouldn't have but well). They still had the 2nd largest.
I have no problem with the French at all. Seriously. But if you represent the typical French guy, I might. Is it true that you guys have no capacity to detect sarcasm?
The reason why that word exists in the english language is probably the french.
(who imported it among many other latin words when they invaded england).
Edit : oh, and how would you know what the typical french guy is? Did you ever live here?
But i'm not the typical french guy considering i'm a nationalist, and most french are leftists with only "human rights" and "tolerance" in their vocabulary.
Oh, okay.
Never accused you of anti-americanism. (Did I? if I did, I take it back).
No you didn't accuse me of anti-americanism. I just said it so you don't get the wrong impression.
Because you know on the other side of the compliment is some pale kid with one hand on the keyboard and the other in his lap.
