Swiss train for French invasion

[Kyle Reese]

A bankrupt France tears itself apart into several regions, and one of them marches over the border to Switzerland to get back its stolen money. The Swiss army has this imaginary scenario covered, according to military simulations revealed over the weekend.

http://www.thelocal.fr/20130930/swiss-army-trains-for-invasion-by-bankrupt-french

Sounds like a Monty Python skit.

[Tamara]

We'd naturally take advantage of the chaos and invade Canada, but only if Slavex was on vacation.

[Chuck Haggard]

That might be a short scenario, what with surrender happening and all.

[ToddG]

Wouldn't it be easier for the French just to surrender in place rather than climb over the Alps to do it? Seems like an awfully difficult journey just to declare yourself a collaborator...

[BLR]

Perhaps the French and Polish shouldn't have killed off their best and brightest so long ago, leaving baristas to run the show ;)

(For those who don't know, France and Poland produced some of the greatest mathematicians and scientists of all time)

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[1slow]

The Napoleonic wars and WW1 killed off huge numbers of soldiers, breeding what was left got the French what they have.
Poland had the misfortune to be so close to Germany and Russia.

[TR675]

The French get a bad rap. Poor showing in WWII, yes, but they were completely unprepared for the Blitzkrieg and I don't know that the English would have done a lot better if they hadn't had that big ol' Channel in between them and all those Panzers, Churchill's bravado notwithstanding. The Froggies got right back on that horse and got nasty in Vietnam and Algeria - granted, things didn't go so well there either but it wasn't for lack of trying. In more recent years they're neck for neck with the U.S. in terms of their sheer number of foreign interventions.

Socialist, snotty, too concerned with their precious terrior? Yes, yes and yes; but they will gear up and get involved. Which is, generally speaking, more than you can say for those fearsome Krauts these days.

[Tamara]

The French get a bad rap.

No kidding (http://www.verdun-douaumont.com/en/).

[GardoneVT]

Left unsaid:the viable scenario of French fundamentalist Muslims marching over the border.

[HCM]

Left unsaid:the viable scenario of French fundamentalist Muslims marching over the border.

France, Islamic Republic of, is certainly possible.

[TR675]

I don't know about that. Europe is only ever one good depression away from a new set of pograms.

[Tamara]

I don't know about that. Europe is only ever one good depression away from a new set of pograms.

European models have always had a quicker zero-to-jackboots time than domestic ones.

[TR675]

European models have always had a quicker zero-to-jackboots time than domestic ones.

I'm pretty sure I'm paraphrasing something you posted a few months ago.

[Drang]

I might have linked to this before: Working with the French Army | chrishernandezauthor (http://chrishernandezauthor.com/2013/07/09/working-with-the-french-army/)

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I might have linked to this before: Working with the French Army | chrishernandezauthor (http://chrishernandezauthor.com/2013/07/09/working-with-the-french-army/)
Officer Hernandez's blog is one of the few I regularly check. Great post, that one.

[jlw]

Don't forget that plenty of German DNA was spread across France in the 1940s...

[Drang]

Don't forget that plenty of German DNA was spread across France in the 1940s...

It didn't start then...:rolleyes:
(Says the guy with roots in Alsace.)

[jlw]

It didn't start then...:rolleyes:
(Says the guy with roots in Alsace.)

I know, but the Germans were efficient in killing off most of those prior to the '40s...

[1slow]

I have been told that the French troops are good and that the officers are good up until the point they have enough rank that they must be political.

[Slavex]

You have no idea how many times this very thing comes up when we are at the range. lol. Depending on our government, you might find a welcome mat put out though... I do have a really nice view into the USA from my back deck though.


We'd naturally take advantage of the chaos and invade Canada, but only if Slavex was on vacation.

[Tamara]

Don't forget that plenty of German DNA was spread across France in the 1940s...

Plenty of German DNA was spread across France in '14-'18, too. Mostly by Hotchkisses and French 75s.

[ToddG]

Plenty of German DNA was spread across France in '14-'18, too. Mostly by Hotchkisses and French 75s.

Well played.

[Dan_S]

It amazes me when I see derogatory comments about French military ability. Apparently some people aren't very well versed in the activities of the Legion in Vietnam, for many years prior to any US involvement, or in Africa, from Angola, to the present day. (Remember the civilians that the Legion was rescuing, in Cote de Ivore, I believe, whilst the "freedom fries" craze was sweeping the US?)

If you've got a genuine issue with French politics (not that I expect anyone making these comments actually has taken the time to make an informed opinion on the matter) that is one thing, but it's pretty amazing at the generous doses of ignorance (or extreme poor taste) shown by certain comments, of negligible factual value.




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[cutter]

One of the DVDs we had in our AOB was The Patriot. Every time the French character appeared everyone, American, Canadian, Brits and Aussies would boo. One day I asked "I understand why the Americans, Canadians and the Brits boo, but why the Aussies? The Aussies response, "The're French!"