American Reacts 101 Facts About France

[@remtsu2081]

Always surprising videos like these never mention that french people invented cars motors, flying balloons, cinema or credit cards

[@nansmp1112]

And many other things like metric système

[@haydentenno6773]

360 degree tank turret rotation system

[@philippebiendon5809]

Fun fact , even most young french people don't know that. Lol French man here.

[@vevere5725]

Et la photographie..nicephore niepce

[@dazrat3992]

The most important in my head at least is that France invented school, we might all kinda hate it at times but we would have never come as far without it

[@lours6993]

Error: 'Les Miserables' is NOT about the 1789 French Revolution, but the 1830 uprising.

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

True. Les Misérables happened in 1830. Written by our French novelist Victor Hugo

[@Heisenberg882]

No its about the attempted revolution in 1832

[@Siobbhan]

Sur les "communards "plus précisément .

[@marie-clauderitaine4328]

@@Siobbhan Non les Communards c'est en 1871 après la défaite contre la Prusse...

[@PandaGutter]

The most famous picture of french revolution 21:59 "La Liberté guidant le peuple" (The Liberty leading the People) is not from the first revolution (1789) but from the second (1830).

[@matthieuzglurg6015]

fun fact about Jeanne Calmand the woman that livend until 122. In France there is something called the "Viager". You basically buy the house of an old person for cheap, but you have to wait until that person's death to use it. A dude bought Jeann's house in a viager, but died before her. heh. Also, I don't know if you knew it, but the "haha French flag is surrender flag" is actually true. In the 16/17th centuries, the use in battle in Europe was if you wanted to surrender, you had to hoist your opponent's flag. That way, your own soldiers in the battle would see it and stop fighting, and the ennemy command and soldier would see it as well and would stop trying to kill you. Such were the rules of war. Well let's just put that simply : in those times, France got so many victories in Europe, that every army in Europe took a french flag with them in case they would be defeated by them. As time passed, the french flag became the flag to hoist by default when you wanted to surrender, and the french flag of the time was golden lys flowers over a white background. History forgot the lys flowers, and the plain white flag became the "surrender flag" Also, Napoleon III is not to be confused with Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon Bonaparte was a dude that created an empire, was a military genius and a very effective leader. Napoleon III (Bonaparte's nephew) came to power in 1848 when the second republic was created. He was elected president, but when came the end of his 4 year mandate, he said "well fuck it, I'm Napoleon's nephew, gonna create another empire". Except he wasn't much more than a shitty dictator, and had none of the military genius of his uncle (hello 1870 war)

[@dargaard93]

For your questions : - at 5:56, the symbol you show is called "Fleur de Lys" in France, or Lily flowers. - at 6:40 : nothing to do with communism ^^. Communes are towns and their surrounding areas ;) - at 7:15 : Corsica is part of France since 1789, so almost the entire existence of the USA... - at 7:40 : No and no. To be President or Prime Minister, you have to be... a french citizen, that's all. - at 8:35 : you show a map of the Kerguelen Islands, and it's in south Indian Ocean - at 11:45 : I'm french and quite fluent in English. But when you visit a foreign country why on earth should you expect people from the other side of an OCEAN to speak YOUR native language ? Seriously ? - at 13:35 : Do you realize that french is one of the two official language of Belgium ?? - at 17:27 : Charlemagne was crowned Emperor in 800 AC - at 19:55 : let's talk about american policy in the Philippines ? Or wars with Mexico ? - at 21:07 : the general de Gaulle was 6"4 - at 21:50 : the religious wars were mainly a civil war in France and lasted 36 years (1562 - 1598). Between 1560 and 1600, the Kingdom of France was less populated and lost 2 millions inhabitants. Was it only deaths ? In 1560, France was populated by 16.200.000 inhabitants. - at 22:22 : the riots depicted in Les Misérables were 1832 riots, not the Revolution of 1789 !! - at 22:30 : the so-called "Bastille Day" celebrates the Federation Celebration of 1790, not the storming of La Bastille ! - at 30:50 : marrying a deceased person is allowed in France but only the President can grant it so it has to be a real case for it. - at 40:44 : yes, it is still illegal to insult the head of state. You can say of him being "spineless, incompetent, idiot," etc... but no heavy personnal insult is allowed and jail time can be required by the judges - at 47:45 : this stupid law was not enforced since the end of WW2. And please let remember USA has its share of stupid laws... (Louisiana : It is illegal to rob a bank and then shoot the bank teller with a water pistol) - at 49:25 : no, french toasts aren't french as it is a european wide receipe use in almost every country. Just as french fries who originated from Belgium. - at 51:53 : Carnival Celebrations were cancelled suring WW2 in the USA... - at 59:14 : look at www.guedelon.fr

[@bebased1785]

Sheesh

[@enomiellanidrac9137]

Actually the earliest example of fries appeared in Paris, but grew popular in the north of France and from there the trend crossed the border to be adopted by Belgium.

[@paarmenion3635]

Some of those points are incorrect actually : - about communism, he was kinda joking. "Commune" is also an English word. The thing you could point is the common etymology between "commune" and "communism" (and "common" obviously) - Corsica is a part of France since 1768-69, even though it periodically was under French control since 1553 and even though Corisca briefly became a kingdom under British influence between 1794 and 1796. - It's more of a precision but yes French is a one of the THREE Belgian official languages, but not at the time Leopold II ruled over Congo. French was the aristocracy's language (not walloon nor flemish which were still the people's languages) and that's why French became the language of the colony. Why choosing to make the king's brand new personal colony speak a petty dialectal language (for people at that time) when French could be a decent alternative? - Obviously, again, he was joking when he talked about the Americans in Afghanistan. It was irony. - The Bastille Day usually celebrates both "la fête de la Fédération" and the storming of the Bastille. In fact, it could be any other event since nothing in the law clearly states which 14th of July is actually celebrated. - No, it's not illegal to insult the head of the state anymore. Not since 2013 (maybe 2012 not sure, I think it was at the beginning of Hollande's presidency). But insulting him can still be a problem, like it can be a problem to publically insult someone, especially a member of the government. The fact is that a president is more likely to be protected by the law than anybody else because he is in charge... and can be somewhat authoritarian. But that's not the point, officially the law doesn't exist anymore. - He said himself that the blue jeans' law was most likely an old ridiculous law. I found it quite frankly impressive that he immediatly thought of that tbh. - French fries are not Belgian (just a reply to all of those who think they actually are): * It was invented at a time when Belgium didn't exist at all (not even the name of the country since it was at that time only a very old word describing the territory of the Gaulish Belgians in northern Gaul; that name started to be used again by nationalists who fought the Dutch for independence in the 19th century) * We don't know where fr fries were first cooked. Might be in Paris so they would be defo French. Might be in French Flanders. Might be in a city of present Belgium... but which was French at that time * They are nowadays most eaten in Belgium and northern France. So they are Belgian in a way. But French people eat more pizzas than the Italians. Does it make pizzas a French dish? * The "French" in French fries doesn't say that they come from France, only that the way they are cut is French. Carrots could be cut likewise in a "French way" making it French carrots, even if they are cooked outside of France (I mean a "macédoine de légumes" doesn't come from Macedonia, it's just that it used to evoke this region of the world to the French who invented this dish). The fact is we don't know where French fries actually were invented. The way they are cut is told to be French for English-speakers and it happens that they most likely are actually indeed coming from France too. But there's no proof

[@guillaumehervouet9293]

- at 7:15 : Corsica is part of France since 1789, so almost the entire existence of the USA... NO Corsica was sold from Genova Republic in 1768. So one year before the birth of Napoleon

[@VictorDurand-me5yu]

Calm down

[@nikolaasp2968]

48:39 To be fair, the only common point between the croissant and the Kipfel is the crescent shape, besides that they taste completely different. The Kipfel is a type of bred made with a simple leavened dough, while the croissant is sweet and made with a laminated dough. It is true that the croissant was inspired by the kipfel, but it is indeed in France that the croissant was born, because it is there that the pastry chefs developed the croissant made from sweet laminated dough that we all know today.

[@christianterraes8334]

En fin l origine viens d Autriche c'est Marie Antoinette qui avait ramené des viennoiseries dans sont carrosse dont des croissants que des boulanger pâtissier on repris l idée avec une pâte feuilletée.

[@alicemilne1444]

When the French use the term Anglo-Saxon it refers only to English-speaking countries and their culture, not to Germans. It seems to be a new fashion in the USA to think that it also applies to the Germans. But people in Britain don't include the Germans in the term Anglo-Saxon either.

[@lours6993]

The Roman garrisons were overstretched in the colony of Britain and had to bring in mercenaries who came from the Angles and the Saxons, Germanic tribes. The term Anglo-Saxon is now an English term for English/British ethnicity and cultural influence. The French (wrongly) use it for ALL English-speaking peoples...

[@alicemilne1444]

@@lours6993 Well, as a Scot, I protest. And my French mother and all my relatives in France got told in no uncertain terms that we were not Anglo-Saxons. 😂

[@798jeremy]

@@alicemilne1444 So that means it rather comes from the Celtic roots to you, instead of the Germanics, 'right ?

[@alicemilne1444]

@@798jeremy The term Anglo-Saxon basically refers to a historical period in English (not British) history. It ended in 1066 with the Norman invasion. Recent DNA studies have shown that there is only about 10% Anglo-Saxon DNA in Scotland, whereas there is up to 40% in southeast England. The Angles only settled a small part in the southeast of what later became Scotland. They did try to encroach further north, but were defeated rather conclusively by the Picts. There is some tenuous evidence that a number of Frisians settled in what is now Fife, but they were driven out after the Picts defeated the Angles. The DNA in Scotland is made up basically of Old Brittonic stock (Pictish in the northeast and Cumbric in the southwest), Gaelic in the west and Norse in the Northern and Western Isles and somewhat in the coastal regions of the northeast. The Anglo-Saxon DNA in Scotland is mainly in the southeast. "Celtic" is a bit of a red herring here. That was an 18th/19th century idea that has long since been debunked. The fact is that cultures and languages can often spread without there having been an actual migration of peoples. Or when peoples migrate they often adopt the language they find in the new country. The Norse in the Western Isles of Scotland intermarried with the locals and adopted Gaelic, just as the Norse in Normandy adopted French. The Franks were a Germanic people who migrated into and became rulers in northern France. They gave their name to the country but actually adopted the Gallo-Romance language that was spoken in the western part of their kingdom (which was an early empire that included most of France and stretched across most of what is now Germany through to Bohemia and down to northern Italy. Charlemagne's grandsons divvied up the empire between them in about 842 and two of the brothers made a pact against the other. Their subjects in the west took an oath in Old French, while those in the east took an oath in Old Franconian, a dialect of old German (the Strasbourg oaths). My father came from the northeast of Scotland. That's an area which has a particular DNA cluster all of its own, which certainly can't be called Anglo-Saxon.

[@alicemilne1444]

@@vectorz_453 Ça fait une belle alliance, dont je suis véritablement issue (héhé).

[@anaisc8733]

7:41 Yes, you have to be French to be authorized and qualified for running as president. However, you dont actually need be be born, you can be naturalized, therefore you are considered as being French thus can be a candidate (if you can complete the others rules).

[@zeroxcqt2862]

Yes ,like Casimir-Perier, an 4th Republic président born in Russia (I think)

[@Leebpascal1]

@@zeroxcqt2862 No, he's born in Paris. But Paul Deschanel is born in Schaerbeek (Belgium), and Valery Giscard d'Estaing is born in Koblenz (Germany), even if for the latest, it was during french occupation.

[@jean-luchochart6960]

Merci beaucoup de remettre les choses à leur place. Merci également de lutter contre les stéréotypes stupides utilisés souvent par les anglo-saxons à propos de la France. Il faut savoir que notre pays est celui qui a gagné le plus de batailles au monde! Que les britanniques ont perdu contre les armées françaises bien davantage de batailles qu'ils en ont gagnées!* Que Guillaume le conquérant était avant tout vassal du Roi de France et que la plupart de ses soldats venaient à la fois de Normandie mais de bien d'autres provinces pour vaincre les anglais à Hastings. Que nous avons vaincu définitivement les anglais lors de la bataille de Castillon mettant victorieusement un terme à la guerre de cent ans. Que si nous n'avions pas aidé les insurgents américains les USA actuels dépendraient encore de la couronne britannique! Que Napoléon et la grande armée ont soumis l'Europe entière pendant plusieurs années! Que la première guerre mondiale a vu la mort de 1Million 500 000 jeunes soldats français et que notre pays a fourni du matériel de guerre à tous les alliés! Que lors de l'invasion allemande de la seconde guerre mondiale les allemands ont perdu 160 000 hommes soit beaucoup plus que lorsque Hitler a envahi l'URSS!!!Ce ne fut pas une promenade de santé pour les allemands contrairement a ce qui a été raconté bêtement par des ignorants! Merci encore jeune homme pour vos vidéos. VOUS ÊTES FORMIDABLE!! Vive les USA et vive la France éternelle!

[@dominique4700]

Merci de rétablir la vérité car en plus de fausser l'histoire par beaucoup d'anglo saxons , Hollywood y est pour beaucoup dans les contre vérités historiques. un seul bémol si vous me permettez, vous auriez dû mettre la traduction aussi en anglais de votre commentaire. bien à vous

[@mfcq4987]

@@dominique4700 Non, c'est déjà pénible à lire en français, cette glorification nationaliste des guerres, invasions et mises à mort, ça n'a pas besoin d'être traduit, notre réputation n'est pas si bonne qu'on ait besoin de la salir encore.

[@haydentenno6773]

@@mfcq4987 c'est notre histoire donc on l'assume. D'ailleurs si on disait que cela n'avait jamais eu lieu ce serait ce qu'on appelle du négationnisme

[@dominique4700]

@@mfcq4987 je ne pense pas que ce soit une certaine glorification nationale à partir du moment où ceux sont des vérités historiques, les anglos saxons sont bien pire dans ce domaine. C'est vous qui voyait c'est votre commentaire et je le respecte

[@mfcq4987]

@@dominique4700 Il ne faut pas s'aveugler devant les "récits" de la "France éternelle", c'est toujours pour nous manipuler. Dans l'Europe féodale, nos ancêtres étaient vraisemblablement des serfs esclavagisés et exploités par des nobliaux qui appartenaient aux mêmes familles et qui ne cessaient de guerroyer entre eux pour des titres et des trônes sur le dos des peuples qu'ils asservissaient. Cette "Histoire" là en réalité n'est pas la mienne. Hormis quelques grands prédécesseurs (Étienne Marcel, Voltaire...), à mes yeux, l'Histoire du peuple Français en tant que peuple libre et souverain de citoyens (et non de "sujets") commence à la Révolution. Cette histoire a eu des "ratés", à commencer par Napoléon qui après s'être mobilisé pour défendre la République contre les armées coalisées des monarchies européennes se mue en autocrate dictateur et conquérant. Il est suivi par toutes les restaurations monarchiques ou impériales réactionnaires, qui en plus étaient colonialistes, puis par l’infamie pétainiste et vichyste, entrecoupées de tentations populistes fascisantes du type boulangisme ou poujadisme. Mais cette Histoire a également eu ses heures de gloire qui me font me sentir fier d'être français ; la déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen, l'abolition de l'esclavage, l'émancipation des juifs, les mouvements révolutionnaires et émancipateurs du XIXème siècle immortalisés notamment par Victor Hugo, la Commune de Paris, le mouvement Dreyfusard autour de la figure d’Émile Zola, la loi de séparation de l'église et de l'Etat, le Front Populaire, la Résistance et le Conseil National de la Résistance avec son programme inimaginablement progressiste dans le contexte actuel, Mai 1968 malgré certains aspects à relativiser, j'ajouterai aussi la construction européenne même si l'UE d'aujourd'hui ne correspond pas vraiment à son idéal initial et puis le véto de la France contre l'aventure US en Irak qui a donné naissance à Daesh. Et puis n'oublions pas que l'Histoire est écrite par les vainqueurs et que les vainqueurs ne sont pas toujours des gens estimables...

[@julienbuseyne1698]

In the Catacombs, the sign say : « Ils furent tels que nous sommes Poussière, jouet du vent Fragiles comme des hommes Faibles comme le néant » Translation : « They were as we are Dust, toy of the wind As fragile as men As weak as the void »

[@askenderiii2374]

77 is false: George Sand, one of France's best author of the 19th century already dressed as a man and was never fined but revered for her boldness ! Brigitte Bardot in the 60s and 70s (as well as most women in France) wore trousers ! After all, France is the country of fashion where everything and anything was permited !!! 😍

[@haydentenno6773]

you was so respectfull about us all along the video, i have to like and subscribe thank you a lot for not only relying on surrender jokes

[@rakim7484]

5:10 this is called "Fleur de Lys" in french or Lily flower in english. This flower is a very old emblem of the french royal monarchy !

[@mattgomes7762]

Qu'on retrouve dans le drapeau Québécois aujourd'hui encore par exemple (anciennement "l'Amérique Septentrionale" colonie française laisser au Anglo-Saxon après la guerre de sept ans)

[@bebased1785]

Good to mention that’s there’s 20+ dialects in France that vary throughout the regions. Most are dying out which really is a shame. But you might catch some of the old folk talk their native tongue.

[@francoise4678]

No, you don't need to be born in France to become a prime minister or a president, but of course you have to be French a former president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing was born in Germany

[@synkaan2167]

46:00 The French bashing is not really based on recent wars it's just based on American propaganda post 2003 and the French veto on the Iraq war. Saying French are cowards and surrenders is stupid as fuck and anyone who knows enough about history also knows it couldn't be farther from the truth since France has the best military record of Europe and French soldiers have always been seen as very brave. Even in 1942 at France worst time, Hitler himself was still saying that the French soldiers were the best in the world after the Germans (ofc he wasn't gonna put them before his own soldiers lol) 24:08 Robespierre was wrongly accused of many things for which he wasn't really responsible, but in addition to being incorruptible, he was one of the rare deputies to defend the people and was much more democratic and egalitarian than the vast majority of the other deputies that were just trying to replace the nobility with the bourgeoisie.

[@nicolaspeigne1429]

One terryfing fact about the guillotine: a french doctor assisted to many executions to determine at which point death occurs after decapitation, and estimated that between 2 to 5 seconds after the head is cut you are still conscious... Have a good night.

[@strasbourgeois1]

Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI was screaming for sure.

[@guillaumeroger81]

@nicolaspeigne1429 ce n'est qu'une théorie qui n'a a priori pas de gros fondement scientifique même si c'est néanmoins intéressant, Nota Bene en parle très bien ici : kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJCneZVpjth8fqs

[@nicolaspeigne1429]

@@guillaumeroger81 on peut arranger ça et faire une étude scientifique si tu veux, je peux en construire une lol...

[@alexispommier2012]

You are actually very well educated about french country and history Everything was not always accurate in this video, but I was impressed by your knowledge of my country. Really made me reconsider my opinion on the Americans regarding their knowledge of Europe (I don’t say this in a bad way, I also are not very educated about what would be consider basic geography of the US for an American)

[@desalpagesgator4988]

Fayot !!!😛😛😛

[@MugenNoZenko]

Not to ruin your day, but as a matter of fact, founder of communism, Leon Trosky, spent a long time in France during a period called "la Commune de Paris", it was a revolution that is not commonly known worldwide, for various reasons. It happened between march 18th 1871 to may 28th 1871. It is a revolutionnary event where the people from Paris ttook over the power, sending away from Paris every politicians, every elites. Because, Paris people realised that those elites actually called Bismark to crush Paris is order to crush the people anger. In exchange Bismark would take with him the 2 Regions of Alsace Lorraine. This conspiracy went deeper than that, they organized military lost, starvation, and all got revealed by a guy who couldn't believe the lies and decided to travel accross France to see by himself the state of the military and the food stockpiles. Everything was a lie, so Purposely, French elites starved their people, to get their power back. That led to the paris people to revolt, they stole weapons, and kicked everyone that was involved. They created a temporary state, invented many things such as free school, laicity(non religious state) and many other things. like National workshops for the people to actually get a job. The political structure was a form of direct democracy. Trotsky saw all that but he also saw what came next, french people had to face a very difficult thing, Bismark siege over Paris, and a mercenary army that the elites raised thanks to their funds. they walked together to take back Paris. ANd I tell you the story was horrific. It is said that they executed 32 000 people in 3 days. Send as many in exile. So knowing all this, Trotsky wen to his friend (at the time) Lenine, and they inspired their newly founded ideology based upon what Trotsky saw. The elite willing to do anything to keep their power. So Trotsky said, that to create a working revolutionary movement we need a people army, and be ready to answer violence by violence. Communism is in fact sounding the same as Commune, because that where it comes from, it is not a joke, these are historical facts. I recommend you to learn about the story of the events of "La Commune de Paris" this is such a humane story of people willing to die, to offer a better future to future generations. That was, what communism was originally supposed to be.

[@delphinelherondelle5693]

C'est aussi une quelque chose qui n'a jamais été assumer par les gouvernements français, chaqu'un essayant de le cacher voir effacer dans certains cas cette période, au point que c'est même pas étudié dans les écoles, alors que ça eu une grande importance dans notre histoire. C'est aussi l'une des choses les plus tristes que j'ai jamais connu, l'élite de l'époque a été plus que pitoyable et cruelle

[@Jmichel4169]

About Insult to the President in France, In fact there was an old law dating from 1881 but which was hardly ever applied, it was repealed a few years ago

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

Those are called "les Fleurs de Lys" symbolize Kingdom of France/ French Monarchy ⚜️⚜️⚜️ When France used to have a King and a Queen. Really sad could have competed the The British Monarchy. The White stripe in the French Flag represents thé Old Regim being crushed by the Stripe of Blue and Red

[@haydentenno6773]

@D Anemon en vrai le bleu et le rouge ont tellement de significations possibles que tout le monde finit par dire tout et n'importe quoi dessus 🤣 je veux dire ... y a des pays avec 5 couleurs et pourtant ils ne s'emmêlent pas les pinceaux

[@gregorygalvan2412]

Hi Mc Jibbin, about the patterns you mentioned on a monarch ceremony robe, yes they represent the fleur-de-Lys (Lilly flower) which was the symbol of French Monarchy for centuries. The bees you mentioned also were the symbol of the First Empire of France, under Napoléon Bonaparte.

[@isiteckaslike]

William Henry Fox Talbot (British) invented photography in the early 1800s. I think you're probably thinking of the Lumière brothers (French) who invented cinema/movies/films in 1895 when they developed their Cinématographe, a motion picture system which could record, develop and project film.

[@isiteckaslike]

Just remembered the daguerreotype, invented by Louis Daguerre (French) in 1839, was the the first publicly available photographic process. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daguerreotype

[@nikolaasp2968]

Nicéphore Niépce (french) is credited as the inventor of photography, he captured the world's first photograph in 1826. William Henry Fox Talbot took his first photo 7 years later in 1833.

[@isiteckaslike]

@@nikolaasp2968 Thanks for that - you learn something new every day. I think I must have just remembered Fox Talbot's early pioneering work in the subject (as he's also often called The Father of Photography). I've then either gone on to misremember (or I was mistaught) that he invented it.

[@olivierdk2]

@@isiteckaslike I guess you are from GB ( or one of their former colonies ) if you learned about Talbot but not Niépce or Daguerre.

[@isiteckaslike]

@D Anemon Thank you. My point wasn't to take away from the French involvement in the development of photography. To be honest we never learned about any of it at school. The point is that all three people involved developed different photographic processes independently of each other. All three were fascinated in the idea of trying to capture a permanent picture from the camera obscura. However, before any of them Thomas Wedgwood managed to capture a picture from one, but the big problem was he couldn't make it permanent. Niepce was the first to manage that, and thus make the first permanent photograph, although his process was extremely slow (a modern recreation discovered that it actually took days) and resulted in the image being reversed. Daguerre invented his own process which created brilliantly detailed, but extremely fragile and non-portable photographs, especially suited for portraits - because again these were reverse images - so, fine for portraits but not for scenes, landscapes and buildings where everything would appear the wrong way round. Fox Talbot was the first to produce a photograph on paper the right way around, but the results were not as detailed as Daguerre's - although that was fixed in later developments - but the Daguerreotype obviously gave them the level of detail to aim for. However, until the age of digital photography the production of photographs on paper from negative images turned into positive pictures became the standard of what was up to the digital age called photography. Therefore all three are founding fathers of photography because they all invented a different process and contributed something to the ideas that firstly images from real life could be captured and preserved, that detail was highly important, and that also it was important to have the image the right way round. Obviously Niepce and Daguerre developed their images before Fox Talbot, but as you say it was he who ended up developing photography into the form and process it was known for most of the 19th and 20th centuries.

[@louisgrandguillot1791]

This simbol on the french kings is called the "fleur de lys", it's the french royalty symbol

[@SIP100Ka]

De Gaulles was 6"43' or about 1.96m tall, us french created microphones, the metric system and other things that almost everyone uses today

[@natl5692]

1.93

[@sniperloic2904]

*metric system : is invented by a french* *"anglo-saxons" countries* : yea... Not gonna use that

[@tibsky1396]

28:35 Phillip II was fighting the Anglo-Normans (of Old French Language)/ Plantagenêts (Richard Lionheart, then his brother John Lackland), and eventually Otton IV the Germanic emperor later... But not the Vikings. This era was over for a long time already.

[@laurabel1724]

In fact the posthumous marriage is strictly regulated by the law: - the spouses must be legally in age - the spouses mustn't be related -the spouses must have given their consent. The consent of the dead spouse is proven by: - the purchase of alliances - the publication of banns - processing of marriage files - sending announcements - the drafting of marriage contracts. The posthumous marriage must be motivated by special events: - the presumption of paternity (Irene's case) - a long period of cohabitation - the exceptional circumstance of the death of the future spouse.

[@ronaldreagan5535]

13:21. Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is a former Belgian colony and folks there speak French, as French is a major language in Belgium (along with Flemish). French language and culture historically dominated Belgium, where the ruling elites spoke French and were mostly of French descent (these Francophile Belgians are known as ‘Wallons’ from the southern Belgian region of Wallonie near the French border. Thus they exported French to their Belgian colony of DRC. The other Congo nation in Africa is the Republic of Congo (commonly known as Congo-Brazzaville). Congo-Brazza is a former French colony. Therefore, both Congo nations are largely French speaking.

[@MrApocalyptica83]

we know english but we like when a foreigner come to france we apreciate that english spealker make a effort to speak a basic french

[@Acratophorus]

26:52 That's a picture of the Pont Neuf in Toulouse, a french city in the south west. The next picture is the Pont Neuf in Paris. If you pay attention they look completely different

[@Agathe.May...]

The symbol on the kings, is not a bee but the Fleur de Lys or Lily flower which stand for the Royalty mainly. Honestly i dont think the video is quite accurate on mainy things. About Frech being used in Africa is not just because of colonies but because it was decided that it will be the langage use between the different countries as there were too many sub langages in Africa, so it stayed a little. Yes potatoes are from South America and came to Europe around 1530 through Spain. The French toast or Pain perdu/lost bread was know in the roman empire... so it s not and it is French at the same time.

[@markwalford-groom]

Les Miserables is not set during french revolution .it is actually based on earlier student riots ......great to see a feature length reaction your sense of humor shows more

[@Crapulax]

It's set in the first half of the 19th century, roughly 40 years after the revolution.

[@rafarosso8518]

HEY! im french and i'd like to remember France not only helped you during the independance war of america but also gave you lots of land aka louisiana thanks to napoleon wich is the one who gave it to you

[@seanlander9321]

Incorrect, America bought the land. America also repaid all loans to France from the Revolutionary War, something that France has failed to do in return for WWI loans. France now owes America trillions on those loans.

[@rafarosso8518]

@@seanlander9321 i didnt even remember that i posted this and alsoabout ww1 renault sold you the license that helped building your first tank so its not that bad and after what the gi soldier to french momen in ww2 during the liberation on france they can go sit on an egg

[@seanlander9321]

@@rafarosso8518 Were those the same women Frenchmen humiliated and shaved their heads for horizontal collaboration with the Germans?

[@rafarosso8518]

@@seanlander9321 no they were not well maybe they were but it happened for sure happened but in the end all the border are responsible of horrible things ither they are germans, french american british or russian

[@olivierdk2]

58:11 No if you say it on French TV, you have to mention also all their competitors, otherwise it's considered unauthorized/unfair advertisement. You , the tv station and the platforms mentionned can receive a fine everytime its name is used like that on tv ( even if the show is a re run ).

[@RealMrTea]

For the Bastille, it has a lot of gun powder at the time, so it was interesting for the révolution to take it, since they have like none.

[@Antoinecoppens]

Actually the word "communist" comes from french word "commune", since "la commune paris" events (Paris Commune, look for it, on the web) that started and influenced communism ideas (yes communism has technically been created in France)

[@quoniam426]

Communes are the equivalent of Districts in the US, the Departments are the equivalent to Counties. Corsica became French just before Napoleon was born. Part of Belgium and Switzerland also speak French and the Wallon part of Belgium is the French speaking part and was ruling Belgium at the time. Belgian Congo was property of the King of Belgium, more like a Royal playground than a true colony but it was bigger than Belgium itself ! French used to tbe THE diplomatic langugage even 70 years ago. No wonder it was that much studied. All Royal courts of Europe, even Russian Tsars were speaking French as their basic language. Russian was for the regular people. As a reference, the number of tourists in France is the equivalent of the population of Germany. Pain perdu is very good, at least for the taste. ?ever tjpught adding a little bit of sugar to egg soaked bread would be tasty but it is. Very energetic though... President Paul Deschanel also fell off his train window sill during the night and was recovered by a level crossing guard a few hours later, the president most likely took sleeping pills before wanting to open the window to get some air and he slepts out of the train... Hypothesis for his excentricity is that the mental charge of the presidency was too high for him and he lost it. After some time to take rest, he was back on duty but it didn't last long. He was a smart guy and had a very high level of education but it seems he was psychologically unfit for the job.

[@francartagnan1025]

The national day of July 14 does not really commemorate the storming of the Bastille (July 14, 1789) but the feast of the federation (July 14, 1790) most french people make the same mistake. Here is an excerpt from the government text explaining the national day of July 14 (which you will find the translation of the 1st and 2nd paragraph) "The law making July 14 an annual national holiday was promulgated on July 6, 1880. If July 14 is generally associated with the storming of the Bastille in 1789, it is in fact July 14, 1790, the feast of la Fédération, which has been officially commemorated in France for over a century." "July 14th has been commemorated since 1880. In fact, from the Third Republic to the present day, the mayors of the communes of France and the French commemorate two July 14ths. The storming of the Bastille and the popular uprising of July 14, 1789, or “the awakening of freedom” (Victor Hugo). But also the first feast of the Federation, national and widely accepted, July 14, 1790: the last great manifestation of national unity, a burst of joy between the throes of the "Great Fear" and the harshest period of the Revolution. Whether we think of July 14, 1789 or July 14, 1790, the date of July 14 marks the adherence of the Republic to Human Rights and the rejection of all despotisms. “The fall of the Bastille is the fall of all the Bastilles […], exclaims Victor Hugo to the Assembly on the eve of the passage of the law […]. July 14 marks the end of all slavery, it is the feast of all nations. " below shortened government text www.gouvernement.fr/le-14-juillet-jour-de-fete-nationale-depuis-1880

[@joaquincassagnetezcurra5875]

What federation?

[@jreverdy4]

on the Champ-de-Mars, in Paris. Louis XVI, King of the French, attends this feast and takes an oath to the Nation and to the law in a climate of national unity. when several people meet with the same objective, they federate.

[@francartagnan1025]

@@jreverdy4 Totally agree

[@marienvincent9390]

in catacombs, its only a little part where the bones are organised, the biggest part is just random bones on the ground in old quarry. Catacombs exist because the parisians graveyards were too much fulfilled and sometimes were almost 2.5 meters higher than their original ground level, that was a big sanitary issue in addition of the lack of space.

[@hellemarc4767]

For the potatoes, he messed up, he meant 1772 instead of 1172...

[@thierrysanchez3161]

During World War I (1914-1918), the Tour de France did not take place between 1915 and 1918 due to the hostilities and the general conditions of the war. During World War II (1939-1945), the Tour de France was suspended from 1940 to 1946.

[@julmar9153]

As for the guillotine, cases of "jammed halfway trought" did'nt happend much. But we know for sure that most of the people paid money to get beheaded first, because the blade would become dull, and in rare cases, will not kill you at first cut. This only happened during the "terreur" (terror, times of revolutions) because they had a lot of people to get rid of.

[@MorganeFichter]

There actually are 12 replicas of the Statue of Liberty in France. I've actually seen the 12m replica of Colmar on a school trip. Colmar is the city where Bartholdi was born. France has so many castles, just take your pick.

[@braemvalentin2859]

Fact 6 : the color white is not for the old color of France but the color of the King

[@Bloopsan]

Belgium did have the Congo. But the belgians speak french

[@freudsigmund72]

Congo was a private colony of the Belgian king. and only about 40% of Belgians speak French.

[@elinator600gaming3]

@@freudsigmund72 indeed, but untill the end of the first world war, French was the primary language of Belgium. If you spoke dutch.... You were a uneducated farmer. An even up until the 80s in the big city's the Karen's of Belgium acted like they didn't understand dutch. They literally didn't want to speak to you unless you spoke french.

[@thierryf67]

there was 2 congo colonies, a french one and a belgium one.

[@freudsigmund72]

@@thierryf67 The Belgian one was the private property of the king. Only when the atrocities became known was the king forced to surrender the ownership to the Belgian state.

[@meganoob12]

there is a mistake in the fact about the storming of the bastille. They stormed it and barely anyone died or got captured, bit the real reason was that they stormed a local arsenal earliee and got muskets, but wanted the gunpowder in the bastille

[@darksideofthemood]

" You don't come across people who are very fluent in english in France " me as a french knowing most of us do but we just refuse to talk another language (if it's not our first language like arabic - in my case ) on our soil :')

[@lucasdeJU]

46:30 so true, as a french when i see all the meme on thé white flag i’m so mad because France is the opposite, you said everything 👏👏

[@Reyvius78]

you just gave me a block buster idea with your theory on the statue of liberty man ! :D

[@ac8907]

And you forgot something, Aliénor of Aquitaine , queen of France is the mother of European monarchy. After married with a French king, she was married to a man English kind , she was the mother of Richard the lion heart.

[@janolaful]

Napoleon privite part is owned by John K. Lattimer purchased the item in 1977 for $3,000 (equivalent to $14,488 in 2022) and it is currently owned by his daughter. She has been offered at least $100,000 for it.

[@Alex-mp1zb]

"French toast", called "pain perdu" (wasted bread) in France or "pain doré" (golden bread) in Canada, was introduced by French people in North America. But it can be found around the world under different names ('"eggy bread" in the UK, "torrija" in Spain, etc.) because it was an easy, delicious and nutritious way to use stale bread instead of throwing it away.

[@Reec_re]

23:33 some people at that time were paying the executor to be the first to the guillotine because with the blood on the blade it wouldn’t cut the head on the first try

[@Shiki_Ale]

I really loves your humour and behavior, your'e educated and funny! Loves from France!

[@patriciavicari1164]

The gauls were celts

[@josuefox]

The croissant has nothing to do with the Austria's which was a brioche. ^^ About the social network in tv (the fact not to be allowed to mention them to be followed) it's because they are brand, and you can't do ads on tv in the shows ( and no allowed to compare brands each other)

[@xns_]

15:40 As a french myself, I do believe that Frank comes from The Francs who were the first true rulers of ancient France (right after the roman empire disappeared)

[@haydentenno6773]

me too, i think the guy who made the video just picked random unaccurate sources to make its video when he didnt understood what he found XD

[@patriciavicari1164]

Fu

[@patriciavicari1164]

Not fanny but Hayden

[@philblou3832]

.The Franks were the largest Germanic tribe. Coming from Denmark, they gradually occupied Belgium and northern France. Clovis, the first king of the FRANCS was born in Tournai in Belgium just on the border. The baptism of Clovis, in Reims, is considered the birth of France. During réconciliation with Germany, Charles De Gaulle ordered a mass there and invited the German chancellor Conrad Adenauer.

[@mfcq4987]

@D Anemon Non, en fait c'est un usage postérieur inverse, c'est à partir du nom du peuple "Franc" que l'usage a voulu que ça désigne aussi les hommes "libres". En germanique, "franko" signifie lance ou javelot, comme "sax" veut dire épée et a donné son nom au peuple saxon.

[@alienews0]

57:51 well seems coherent to me as a french guy, as we got also a law which force people on TV to mention at least 2 other brands when u mention one. So for example if to illustrate a statement a tv presenter was to say something like : "Ok that's just clothes but let's say u have a piece of cloth from Dior then havin it stolen might be a big of a deal" then he must add 2 other brands name to prove this isn't disguise advertisement. So in the end he will probably say something like "Ok [...] from Dior, Chanel or Louis Vuitton [...]" For the social media i guess that would be ok if they had accounts on different platforms of 3 different brands. But this could be tricky i dunno how much the brand must have the exact same activity cause u know how lawyers are, on might try to argue facebook and twitter don't have the exact same purpose and therefor aren't in direct competition... So yeah for physical products like clothes or cars it's an easy law to implement but for services it's a little more blurry. Also facebook had a monopole for years on social networking, so i can understand why it's kinda touchy

[@johnnybeer3770]

Interesting facts about the 122 y old lady , she gave up smoking at 115 because couldn't see the end of the cigarette to light it. She put her longevity down to never having stress in her life 🇬🇧

[@ciloucoud]

Hi, I know a woman who's fiancé was an armored truck driver who got shot to death during a heist. She was allowed to marry him posthumously as the wedding date was already set. She then was allowed to widow benefits from the insurance company.

[@VlogMusique]

36:15 Nicéphore Niépce for the photography and Auguste and Louis Lumière for the cinema

[@VlogMusique]

40:26 an old law that has never been reviewed and is still existing...

[@Tantraloverful]

.Belgium is Francophonic - speaking French (along with a local version of Dutch), meaning - in Belgian colonies French was established as then-official language, later adopted as lingua franca among the local population... Marguerite Yourcenar - one of the most the most prominent French writers, and the first woman to be accepted to French Academy, was Belgian - just as the great singer in French language - Belgian Jacques Brel...

[@Reyvius78]

it's very touching seeing your admiration for our culture, cheers dude

[@christianterraes8334]

Oui ben pour moi cela démontre u'e total ignorance une inculture incroyable. J en sais plus sur les état Unis que eux sur la France ou l Europe. D ou le chic quand ils viennent en Europe c est beau riche, riche de patrimoines etc..

[@Reyvius78]

@@christianterraes8334 faut pas être condescendant non plus... C'est déjà bien de s'y intéresser, après faut pas s'étonner, pour la plupart c'est le centre du monde les USA Tant qu'ils le peuvent du moins, avant que ces derniers nous transforment ce beau continent à coup de cancel / wokisme sans oublier qu'il y a les mêmes au sein de l'Europe (immigration massive ect)

[@moviemoments7923]

Congo was belgium, but in belgium they speak.... French, and the author said that the country with the most french speakers is congo. Also, the eiffel tower was build with romanian steel, considered the best in europe at that time.

[@quentinbobin2549]

You’re right, DR of Congo is a former Belgium realm (kind of colony but not completely). Guess what is the native tong of the royal family of Belgium ?

[@Tantraloverful]

For your wondering about the symbol on the royal mantle (on the portrait of Louis XIV) - it is indeed a flower in the heraldic form (with numeruos variations) - named in France 'Fleur-de-Lis' - Lily flower', although in fact it is Iris, and its symbolic status had emerged already in ancient times: in the Bible - as a symbol of Virgin Mary (white lily), later adopted among others - by French kings - in a triple, golden version on blue background (another notable example is as a symbol of City of Florence), eventually becoming a coat of arms of the last dynasty of French monarchs - Bourbons, and later monarchist movements. In general, it is one of the most iconic and beautiful heraldic symbols, and artistic motifs in European art, religion and culture for millenia...

[@fabriceboel57]

Fleur de lys stp

[@isalemoine3514]

There's town named Résistance before the wwII so there were some issues when germans soldier asked around for resistant

[@jacquesdemolay2699]

That was the woman who said - "I have only one wrinkle and I am sitting on it".

[@drulkaryt3405]

man your video rocks !

[@olisipocity]

Hello there. Why do you have on the background image a depiction of a picture representing the battle of Aljubarrota? The Battle of Aljubarrota took place in the late afternoon of August 14, 1385, between Portuguese troops with English allies, commanded by D. João I of Portugal and his constable D. Nuno Álvares Pereira, and the Castilian army and its allies led by João I of Castile. The battle occurred in the field of São Jorge, in the locality of S. Jorge, belonging to the parish of Calvaria de Cima, municipality of Porto de Mós, in the vicinity of the town of Aljubarrota, between the mentioned municipality and Alcobaça. Initially, it was called the Royal Battle because the armies were commanded by their respective kings. This designation fell out of use, and the name of the location began to be used instead. The result was a definitive defeat for the Castilians, the end of the crisis of 1383-1385, and the consolidation of D. João I, previously the master of Avis at the beginning of the rebellion, as the king of Portugal, the first of the House of Avis. The Luso-British alliance was strengthened by this battle and would be sealed a year later with the signing of the Treaty of Windsor and the marriage of King D. João I to D. Filipa de Lencastre. As a gesture of gratitude for the victory at the Battle of Aljubarrota, D. João I ordered the construction of the Batalha Monastery. Peace with Castile would only be established in 1411 with the Treaty of Ayllón, ratified in 1423.

[@retropaganda8442]

13:24 You could have stopped there and looked up Belgium in wikipaedia to HAVE A CLUE WHAT LANGUAGES THEY SPEAK THERE. Sorry for caps, but this made me jump off my chair.

[@paulfinchman3855]

'Tapping the Admiral' is a British idiom which means to have a sly drink of alcohol. It comes from when Admiral Nelson's body was returned from Trafalgar. To preserve his body they stored it in a barrel of rum and some of the crew would stick straws in the barrel and have a sly drink.

[@adriench.7148]

US have 2 giants oceans ? France have access to all the oceans of the world: Atlantic (mainland France, Carribean), Indian (Mayotte, Reunion, Terres australes), Pacific (Polynesia, New Caledonia). Which means France have the world largest exclusive economic zone before the USA.

[@kentin27v]

Concerning Louis Braille, translated by DeepL: "At the age of three, while poking holes in a piece of leather with an awl, it slipped out and hit his right eye. There was not much to do except bandage the affected eye, but Louis could not help but scratch the wound, which became infected. The infection spreads to his left eye, causing blindness."

[@tibsky1396]

Charlemagne: End 8th- Beginning 9th century. The end of 5th and beginning of the 6th century was Clovis, the first king of the Franks.

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

Charlemagne was basically French and German

[@fredericfredthefrenchgring9750]

What's this obsession with Napoleon? While he accomplished a lot in a short time, his career span is just a blip over the whole of French history

[@lacress6667]

lot of things he created are still in place today, like civil code, penal code, baccalaureat, la banque de france or monuments like the Arc de triomphe, etc. plus he conquered (not sure of the word) almost all europe... so he's one of the most important person in france history, i guess it explains the fascination. But yeah, we do have a bit of a weird obsession

[@mattgomes7762]

@@lacress6667 Un homme qui à relevé la France après la révolution française et qui par sa grandeur à incarner à l'état pur en un homme l'esprit français Je ne trouve pas ça bizarre, je trouve ça inspirant et me rend fier de mon pays, de la même manière que quand on parle de Jeanne d'arc par exemple (et bien d'autres personnes)

[@maxgm1424]

In france we say that we are like rooster, proudly singin even with the feets on the shit

[@giniemery8022]

Yep, it's a flower. Fleur de lys to be exact (lily flower) and it's the symbol of royalty in France.

[@alxmtncstudio2066]

When my girlfriend came to paris last year for 6 months, she visited the Louvre once and Disney twice. That might be the overall behaviour explaining the numbers

[@gtd4225]

There is also a fact that many people can buy annual pass for Disney, and visit it multiple times a year. Also Disney is well deserved by train, plane and stuff wich makes it easy to visit as an english, german, belgian and stuff, the hard part is the price :)

[@lvl.13]

34:05 Braille also came from Napoléon that wanted a way to read codified messages without using sight, so that his men don't have to light fires at night during his campaigns.

[@lours6993]

Error: L'Academie Francaise is a literary circle, whose primary mission is NOT preserving the language from English influence.

[@zeroxcqt2862]

C'est de préservé la langue française dans sa forme la plus put et compréhensible. .Donc un peu quand même ..

[@daveofyorkshire301]

Technically Napoleon was only just French, Napoleon was born on Corsica shortly after the island's cession to France by the Genoese.

[@seikatsu2667]

As a French person i need to correct this fact: The 14th of July is commonly mistaken even by French people the celebrate the storming of the Bastille. Its actually comemorating the "Fête de la Fédération" which is when the king OFFCIALLY accepted the republic ( he will later flee the country and get caught then killed for treason 😅)

[@marcelcharbonnier297]

Potatoes decriminalized in 1772 by King Louis the XVIeth after experiments by the physician and botanist Antoine Parmentier (1737-1813). He planted potatoes in a fenced garden in the west of Paris, in a place named Les Sablons (for the sandy soil) and made this orchard guarded day and night in order to make passers by believe it was something very precious. The people began to come nightly in order to unearth the tubercules and plant them in their own gardens, the guards turning a blind eye, multiplying and diffusing the production and consuming of potatoes. A lot of famous dishes containing potatoes are called Parmentier-something in French, like the well-known "hachis Parmentier", a delicious dish of minced meat and smashed potatoes prepared in the oven. M. Parmentier has a boulevard and a metro station in Paris named after him.

[@daveofyorkshire301]

The Inca Indians in Peru were the first to cultivate potatoes around 8,000 BC to 5,000 B.C

[@kevrea22]

There are some misconceptioned facts in this video such as the "14 Juillet" wich doesn't celebrate the day the bastille was taken but "la fêtes de la fédération" wich was 1 year later

[@jacquesdemolay2699]

However misguided is that Englishman presenting France (gosh that looks like Trump being presented by Biden, hey!) he could not NOT make a link between "Commune" and communists. The word Communist is a fairly modern word in History. Commune, in France is a partition of a Departement and has been setup since roman times, no commies in those days. As he said - France is divided in Administrative Departements - which in turn are split into Communes; a Commune is managed by a Mayor (Maire) and has nothing to do with the French Communist Party (PCF). Please, Don't panic - France is not a communist country and they are not out to eat you alive. no matter how many sublimminals this Englishman is inserting in his video.

[@jacquesdemolay2699]

If Corsica would have been Italian until "a few years ago" then Napoleon Bonaparte would have been fighting against France on the Italian side in 1792, right?

[@NimbulBlack]

French foregin Legion - 5 year contract

[@elbeberto1840]

i m french, and i like you man, if come back there i ll welcome you

[@Oddballkane]

No mention of the black finger nail. It's a carry on film Called Carry on don't lose your head.

[@demonic_myst4503]

Celtic Irish, cormwell, welsh , scotish and britany (a area of france where celts lived) Celts are where ginger hair comes from their a tribe known for their red hair you may know their priests the druids

[@strasbourgeois1]

Fleur-de-Lis ⚜️ actually comes from Gaul, Celtic inhabitants of modern day France and Belgium. Belgians also have much Dutch, German, and especially French history, hence why they learn French. When King Leopold got his colony, Belgium spoke much French.

[@timothycote236]

My family are from the Acadian people from France/Canada. Settled in North Dakota before it became a state. They did not speak English until my parents went to school. Nothing special, but par tof our history.

[@fabriceboel57]

Moi aussi

[@zorbeclegras5708]

This sing you often see is the lily flower (or could be Iris in fact) in french "la fleur de lys" . It is generally represented in yellow or gold on a blue background. It is the symbol associated with royalty, but also with purity. You can also find it nowadays in Quebec, especially on their flag but in white colour.

[@nco1970]

To really understand the split of power between the president and the prime minister, you need to have lived during cohabitations. The president names the prime minister from the ranks of the assembly majority. Nowadays, the president and the assembly are elected in the same year every 5 years which means that they always are from the same party and everybody thinks that the president has all the powers. But there was a time when the president was elected for 7 years and the assembly for 5 years. So you could have the president and the assembly majority from different parties. Which is why President François Mitterrand from the left had to name Prime Minister Jacques Chirac from the right when the left lost the assembly 5 years into the presidency. The cohabitation lasted 2 years and it was very helpful to understand the limits of the powers of the President (naming the prime minister, heading the council of ministers, enacting the laws, head of armies, representing France abroad).

[@529ski]

I'm a native English speaker and always make an effort to learn some of the language of a country that I'm visiting. We studied French at school between the ages of 9 and 16 years. Also a couple of years of German, I would feel I was being rude if I didn't at least attempt to speak the local language , BTW I've always loved the French language and the people.

[@gregorygalvan2412]

Hi again McJibbin ! There is a fact that may interests you about French military and Foreign Legion : the Battle of Camerone, April 30th 1863. I have just discovered your channel, and I thank you for your interest in my country. I’m not that good at History, but I’ll be glad to help you to know more about France. Once more nice video, and I’m going to see the rest. Bests !

[@dazer9969]

Great video. Thumb up from france !

[@yoch5383]

He forgot to say that france has won more wars and beind involved in more wars than any other country in the world