Why did France fight so poorly in the Franco Prussian war?

Why did France fight so poorly in the Franco Prussian war?

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Because France's entire military strength came from having a large population and Germany had a larger population.

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>France fights for Republic in Revolutionary War
>beats the entirety of Europe

>France fights under dictatorship in 1879
>gets destroyed

>France fights under fledgling socialist dictatorship in WW2
>surrenders

You can graph French military success against how much liberty, equality and fraternity they enjoyed. Note how after 1804/1805 Napoleon's fortunes slowly declined.

>France wasn't a military powerhouse before the Revolution
nice meme though

>France fights under dictatorship in 1879

The third republic......Jesus.

Born out Prussian cucking and died in Nazi cuckdom.

Couldn't compete against the protestant work ethic.

>France fights under fledgling socialist dictatorship in WW2

U wot?

those are some really vague connections

France lost the Franco-Prussian war under the Second Empire.