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Originally Posted by RWebb
BUT they made tremendous contributions to science and technology - not to mention military strategy - esp. the early use of armor BTW.
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News flash:
I am not bashing the French
Your assertion was interesting to me, and I wasn't sure which war you were referring to...WWI or WWI. But it was worth a look.
I found this on Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_FT-17
Which piqued my interest. More homework (you've got to zoom into the text to read it, but it is actually worth it):
http://books.google.com/books?id=B1cMtKQP3P8C&pg=RA3-PA1149&lpg=RA3-PA1149&dq=tank+doctrine+WWI&source=web&ots=zoGiL-1EKK&sig=6vgEEOQQmJesE66kajh6Zapu0AY&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PRA3-PA1151,M1
Kind of a toss up but very informative...I kept focusing on the
use of the tank.
Then WWII:
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Congress/1418/armor3.htm
Didn't go so well.
My take, I learned a lot and thank the French for giving us tanks in WWI.
Carry on.