I would say the French are the most "extra marital" people in Europe, rather!
But their supposed cowardice is certainly overstated. And even in1870 and WW2, the issue wasn't their soldiers, it was their leaders who were utterly incompetent.
In battle of jena - aures
I would say the French are the most "extra marital" people in Europe, rather!
But their supposed cowardice is certainly overstated. And even in1870 and WW2, the issue wasn't their soldiers, it was their leaders who were utterly incompetent.
Kek Napoleon was near jena trying to defeat the Prussian army. The battle took place on 14 October , 1806.
He judged wrong and sent his iron Marshal aka marshal davout with his third corp to cut off the retreat of the " main " Prussian army which Napoleon was facing.
Actually at jena Napoleon faced Prussian Vanguard.
It was davout who came across the main Prussian army of 69000 men with his 26000 men.
Well the marshal could not retreat at all.
Now davout was not loved by his troops , he was respected and feared.
Because before the war the Marshall was incharge of the camp at Boulogne camp which was specifically established to train troops for a invasion of Britain across the channel , which never took place.
Here he drilled his troops daily , trained them to bloody stand in front of enemy fire.
Regimental exercises took place once a month which others like Russians and Brits did once or twice a year
The troops were trained with live ammo and faced real ammo in weekly brigade level excercises.which sometimes took place twice a week.
He trained his men to be tenacious and resolute.
Which proved in battle of auerstedt where the iron Marshal and corp commander of the third corp defeated the main prussian army simply by leading from the front .
He was a indeed brilliant corp commander.
Heck even Napoleon refused to believe the news till he saw for himself.
And when he was made governor of Hamburg he held out for six months against enemies till he got the confirmation that Napoleon had abdicated.
Indeed he was " terror belle , decus pacis ".
Terror in war, ornament in peace.
And this is just one instance, many like davout are there in french history.
Them Brits are salty MFS who cannot digest their defeats on the hands of French and thus portray them as weak and surrendering cowards.
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