I think the surrender monkeys spend their lives unwittingly raising the brave one's illegitimate kids. Can't think of any other reason for the persistence of boneheaded heroic stupidity and beautiful gestures in French military history :p

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This is Nostr, not a PHD thesis :p Everyone knows Verdun. But some of my favourites: Absurd, against-all-odds tactical victories; that turned out to be strategically fruitless. Nothing could be more French Army than a "beau geste".