French Military Victories.

[TheBigGuy]

go to Google,

type in "French Military Victories" (don't forget the quotes)

click on the "Im Feeling Lucky" button.

[SOteric]

1. Or search instead for Napoleon's victories, and note

there was substantially more than one.

Maybe the reason the Germans and the French aren't interested in fighting any recreational battles just now has much to do with the fact that they've already had a Hitler and a Napoleon, respectively.

They know a petty tyrant when they see one.

[Best_man23]

6. Also

Me thinks they feel that twice in the last 100 years is more than enough.

[supernova]

2. Boy, somebody really hates the French

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[Capt_Nemo]

3. what's the definition of "victory"? Is it "victory" like in...

...declaring "Mission Accomplished" while the bodybags keep coming
home months after?
I remember one of such victories, in fact:
by January 1980 one could hear Red Army Generals bragging about one
in Afghanistan...

Poor french, the taste of such "victories" eludes them...

[damnraddem]

4. Hmm, I wonder why they couldn't the defeat of the British ...

at Chesapeake Bay. It allowed Washington's victory at Yorktown to end the Revolutionary War. Somehow a French victory that allowed our country to get started would seem to be worthy of Google's attention.

Of course, one gets a different result when entering 'Yorktown' and 'French fleet.' One site (http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaHistory/AmericanRevolution/YorktownBattle.htm#Surrender%20of%20General%20Cornwallis) says: "On September 5, 1771, the French fleet attacked the British navy in Chesapeake Bay. After defeating the British Navy, French Admiral de Grass positioned his fleet and began bombarding the forts with Cornwallis and his troops." Aside from the image of Cornwallis and his troops being shot out of French naval cannons toward the English position ( ;-) ), I would think that this would qualify as a 'French military victory.'

[BritishHuman]

5. You do know it's not Google, right?

It's a parody on a site called albinoblacksheep.com. As a Brit, I can recall quite a few French Victories...