Quote Originally Posted by King Ragnar
The french always get invaded:The Franco-Prussian wars,WW1,WW2. They cant put up much of a fight.
I agree with Byzantine Prince the UN Does suck, the UK should pull out for definate.
Right you are... Three time the French had to face a German aggression, but they are the baddies!!!! The victims of aggression have to be blamed...
Excepted, because that is history, the French declared war to Prussia (Germany was created after the Franco-Germans war), Napoleon II having fallen in Bismark's trap...

The WW1: France was one of the few countries without choice, being attacked by the Germans. The French won the war with their British allies, themselves involved because the British thought that to defend a neutral country attacked without warning is worth to do. The US intervention was a fatal blow for a yet defeated Germany, by a endless supply of men and material...
In Verdun, the German Plan was to obliged the French to fight iron with flesh. They did and they won.

The WW2, the French could have easily not be defeated by not declaring war against Germany when Hitler decided to invaded Poland. Most probably, Hitler will have turn against USSR, and end of the game. To be defeated happens in war and isn't a dishonor. To see and watch is. The French were the only country ready to sent troop to help Finland against Stalin aggression. Because the fall of Finland, these troops were used in Narvik, Never heard about it?
And to add this comment: the British weren't better: The BEF was as much defeated than the French army... Does that make the BEF a bunch of cowards? I don't think so...
The Free French fought alongside the US and UK troops in Africa, in Provence and Italy, providing the break in the battle for Monte Casino (battle of the Carigliano). They even provide one squadron of fighters on the Russian Front (Normandy/Niemen). Plus the french resistance inside France...

So, yes, the French did as much as the Australian and other countries to help to win WW2. Just read Churchill's speech to France after the armistice in 1940. Oh, perhaps you don't trust him. But to be in the front line isn't easy, and only the vast spaces of Russia succeeded to contain the Nazi assault.

UN is what the member states are willing the organisation to do.