Originally Posted by
SrslySirius
Is this reputation just from WW2 or is there more to it? I was under the impression that the French empire was pretty savage in its day.
Good question which I actually had to google because no clue when that was first phrased.
And surprisingly it was only 1995. Presumed earlier. But yeah, I use it in the context of the great wars because it's an easy dig I guess.
They do of course have a fearsome reputation from yesteryear. But let's have it right. They have been surrender monkeys for the last 100 odd years.