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Subject: French Military Victories (Defeats)
Category: Reference, Education and News > General Reference
Asked by: nickcatal-ga
List Price: $4.50

Posted: 14 Apr 2004 01:11 PDT
Expires: 14 May 2004 01:11 PDT
Question ID: 329981

Are the claims on the infamous "French Military Victories (Defeats)"
at http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/text/france.html (search "French
Military Victories" in google and press "I'm Feeling Lucky") true? If
you could just give me a rundown of the real outcome and/or why it is
true/untrue it would be great.

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Subject: Re: French Military Victories (Defeats)
From: probonopublico-ga on 14 Apr 2004 11:23 PDT

They are probably true.

But France is not alone in claiming defeats as victories.

I've seen a reference somewhere that, after WW1, EVERY country
involved claimed to have been on the winning side.

Well, there's no mileage in trumpeting a defeat, is there?

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