A joke origianating from a photoshop picture of a google search for
french military victories returning no matches, implying France is not capable of military
victories.
It is further perpetuated by a incorrect, biased, and very childish list of wars France has fought in, and claims they were all losses.
Crimean war: France were the first into sevastopol, and Russia surrendered to Paris.
American war of
Independance: Cornwallis surrendered his sword to Rochambeau, who politely declined.
Hundred
years war: England's early gained ground was taken back in an equal amount of time for it to be taken, and the land that England rightly owned was also taken by 1556.
1066: Superior tactics see France conquer England, and later wales under the Normans and Plantagenets.
Napoleon: Napoleon was indeed French born (not on the mainland though) and domiciled, although his parents were Italian. Accomplished more than Hitler in terms of European domination.
Indo-China: France re-establishes control in a few months, although kills millions of rebels. the
United States tres the same and ends up hitting jack shit for fourteen years while seeing 50,000 soldiers die fromt he
united states alone (ignoring other countries0. France's army, which was actually a coalition of other nations led by france loses 90,000.