did a post search and did not find this particular topic…it might end up in the pit…
(I am not the original author, but admit to finding this humorous.)
Gallic Wars – Lost.
In a war whose ending foreshadows the next 2,000 years of French history, France is conquered by, of all things, an Italian.
Hundred Years War –
Mostly lost, saved at last by a female schizophrenic who Inadvertently creates The First Rule of French Warfare: “France’s armies are victorious only when not led by a Frenchman.”
Italian Wars – Lost.
France becomes the first and only country to ever lose two wars when fighting Italians.
Wars of Religion –
France goes 0-5-4 against the Huguenots
Thirty Years War –
France is technically not a participant, but manages to get invaded anyway. Claims a tie on the basis that eventually the other participants started ignoring her.
War of Devolution – Tied.
Frenchmen take to wearing red flowerpots as chapeaux.
The Dutch War – Tied.
War of the Augsburg League / King William’s War / French and Indian War –
Lost, but claimed as a tie. Three ties in a row induces deluded Francophiles the world over to label the period as the height of French military power.
War of the Spanish Succession – Lost.
The war also gave the French their first taste of a Marlborough, which they have loved every since.
American Revolution –
In a move that will become quite familiar to future Americans, France claims a win even though the English colonists saw far more action. This is later known as “de Gaulle Syndrome,” and leads to the Second Rule of French Warfare: “France only wins when America does most of the fighting.”
French Revolution –
Won, primarily due the fact that the opponent was also French.
The Napoleonic Wars – Lost.
Temporary victories (remember the First Rule!) due to leadership of a Corsican, who ended up being no match for a British footwear designer.
The Franco-Prussian War – Lost.
Germany first plays the role of drunk frat boy to France’s ugly girl home alone on a Saturday night.
World War I –
Tied and on the way to losing, France is saved by the United States. Thousands of French women find out what it’s like to not only sleep with a winner, but one who doesn’t call her “Fraulein.” Sadly, widespread use of condoms by American forces forestalls any improvement in the French bloodline.
World War II – Lost.
Conquered French liberated by the United States and Britain just as they finish learning the Horst Wessel song.
War in Indochina – Lost.
French forces plead sickness; take to bed with the Dien Bien Flu.
Algerian Rebellion – Lost.
Loss marks the first defeat of a Western army by a Non-Turkic Muslim force since the Crusades, and produces the First Rule of Muslim Warfare: “We can always beat the French.” This rule is identical to the First Rules of the Italians, Russians, Germans, English, Dutch, Spanish, Vietnamese and Esquimaux.
War on Terrorism –
France, keeping in mind its recent history, surrenders to Germans and Muslims just to be safe. Attempts to surrender to Vietnamese ambassador fail after he takes refuge in a McDonald’s. The question for any country silly enough to count on the French should not
Be: “Can we count on the French?” but, rather, “How long until France collapses?”