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my In-game Screenshots.Operation Fall Gelb "Case Yellow"
Battle of France
May 12-13 1940
Battle of Hannut.
with about 1,500 armoured fighting vehicles participating.
The French disabled about 160 German tanks for the loss of 91 Hotchkiss H35 and 30 Somua S35 tanks destroyed or captured. The Germans controlled the battlefield after a voluntary French withdrawal.
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Ah well ... when support and logistics aren't there, when you got no air cover ...
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why are all the roads in France lined with trees?
Because the German Army likes to march in the shade.
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160 enemy killed or knocked out vs 121 of your own killed or knocked out... why retreat?
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French First Army were not yet entrenched at Gembloux Gap.
Prioux Cavalry Corps, sent to Hannut to provide an advanced guarding screen which would stall the Germans and allow sufficient time for the French 1st Army to dig-in positions.
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good point... "French Rifle, never fired, only dropped once."
And they used to be so bad-ass too...
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They got wooped by the Brits and the Prussians 
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and then the Russians... and the the Germans... twice... then the Vietmin...
However... say what you will about the regular French military... don't mess with the French Foreign Legion... you... will not survive.
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Well, the Foreign Legion isn't French guys
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