Even more than 100 years after, whole parts of Verdun surroundings are to this very day and for many, many years to come still so packed with unexploaded shells that it is too dangerous to use the land. There you can see shells and other WW1 stuff imbedded in trees and you simply need to head down to find metal fragments from shells. The unimaginable violence that takes places there are still very palpable.
@Allô français canadien As a kid, I played myself in massive WW2 bunkers of the Atlantic wall, overhanging the ocean. Both world wars leaved their mark.
If there ever was a place closest to Hell on Earth, it must surely have been the trenches during an artillery barrage, deepest respects to the lost generation
@Yu Hin TAM shell-proof bunkers may protect from an impact from artillery shells, but it doesn't protect troops from shell shock. Just the sounds of bombardment alone can give them a lot of psychological trauma, and this trauma is often dismissed as "act of cowardice" by both sides of the war. Its truely hell on earth.
The nazis were really powerful in wwii the french just couldn’t survive but the resistance did and people just ignore how some french people fled to Britain to continue the fight i hate when people say “haha the french surrendered” They dont even know the shit that they went through
It's even more sad when you realize that most European (Plus colonized territories) Passed away due to world war one. They could've lived healthy lives but due to that pointless war they sadly didn't.
Mikitko Owl they died because of some issues a specific Empire had an issue. Essentially, this is what went down... The Austro-Hungarian Empire was upset that Franz Ferdinand was murdered by the Black Hand Member Gavrillo Princip. This was a terrorist attack that Serbia had no control over! They had no idea it was going to happen. But as a punishment they wanted Serbia to pay for the Death of their prince and his family. Yet since they (Austria-Hungary) had taken their territory and money (as one of the bigger imperialist powers in Europe), Serbia said they couldn’t! So then the Empire said fine then I will threaten you with war allied with Germany, and then Serbia said “Hey Russia! Was need your help!”. Watching all of this was France who had jusst fought the Franco-Prussian war, trying to build up their economy and then saw this and began to rebuild their military up. Germany signed an alliance with Italy and the Austro-Hungarian Empire which was called the Triple Alliance. Then France, Russia, and the UK decided that is might be a good idea to be allies just incase the Axis powers attacked anyone of them (the Triple Entente) Once Germany attacked Russia...poop hit the fan and WW 1 began!
The battle of verdun was symbolic for both countries. The treaty of Verdun, signed in 843, divided the Frankish empire into East and West Francia who will become France and Germany.
Vive La France! From your distant French Brothers in Louisiana, I’m sorry we took so long to get into the fight, but les Acadiens will always support you France! 🇫🇷🇺🇸
France owned 2/3 of africa at the time. There they have introduced something later to be known as "white supremacy". That means that a large population being governed in a so called "Colony" enjoys less rights than actual civilians and contribute to the french economy by costing less money and not being given humane rights. All that was dependend on the SKIN COLOUR. A german occupation of paris might have resulted in french break away colonies which could also have resulted in other colonies (like british colonies) to do the same
@@ishouldbestudyingrightnow5368 pfff get a grip Germany had colonies in Africa as well and would have just taken over the French ones if they had one. WEHRABOO!
@@cjon6898 no Germany didn't maintain its tiny colony where goods weren't even transporter. My dear colonizer boo you're a white supremacist am I right?
@@ishouldbestudyingrightnow5368 One of the goals of the German Empire when joining WW1 was to defeat and surpass the colonial powers of the time and take their colonies. Of course they didn't keep their tiny colonies, they lost the war and had to give them away. Germany would have exploited colonies exactly like other countries. What's the point of having colonies, if not to exploit their resources?
@AidenDM they are just losers with 0 history knowledge and the furthest they can go back to is ww2(cause games, i guess), i mean if they love memes, why meme german took france in 36 days on truck and tanks, and not napoleon took berlin in 18 days, on foot and horseback
@@idodeclare6804 hell, as a memer I hate these surrender jokes, they're the equivalent of going to a ww2 veteran, spitting in his face, and proceeding to tell him, all the hell he went through when he was young meant nothing.
Seriously, the French have fought very hard for years, only to be called cowards because of one thing. The French, and the whole country of France deserve more respect from people, and I hope that someday, that will happen. Also the French have won the most battles in history.
I simply love the fact that most memers don't know that France has the best military record in all of history and just think "if the Germans in my WWII game that heavily glorifies WWII Germany to make them more intimidating enemies are oppressing the French people this easily, their military must be a piece of trash, right? *looks at statistics on battle of Verdun and French military record* Right?"
I mean the braveness of the french in WW1 was overshadowed by their incompetence, in the war most of its military command was bad and old, there were very few good french generals, Petain for example
If I recall, the French Lost the most men in the war. Not only this, but I do agree when it comes to the embarrassment in World War II. The Only Reason why France surrendered were two reasons, Tactics and their Government. Besides that, the Soldiers were well armed and they fought valiantly even when we capitulated. Maybe one day arrogant people will realize that us French, did not completely surrender and instead we fought in the Shadows as Partisans and in Africa. Vive la France, Vive la Résistance.
@Fabian Kirchgessner in WW2 their generals werent that bad, their politicians on the other side were, the french army was stronger and many of their generals were capable yet somehow their government managed to destroy every single advantage they had with instability
Non dimentichiamo anche la battaglia del Piave, dove anche numerosi giovani hanno perso la vita (c'erano anche molti francesi in questa battaglia, morti per l'Italia). Onore ai soldati caduti per loro paese o alleati ! Non li dimentichiamo ! Saluti dalla Francia !
The French Army is a very formidable army, being able to hold the line in Verdun for 10 months. Even with the damp and cold situation in the trenches, they were able to repel the Germans. Even when the Nazis captured all of France, the French army still stands as rebels against Hitler's grip. Even when more than 1.2 million soldiers died to protect France, the Tricolore still stands. Vive la France. also thanks for the 1.4k likes i left this like a year ago
Even though they didnt last long in ww2, they held on long enough for their British allies to retreat. Its safe to say the war would have been lost without France.
WWII France is actually a good example of the differences between a people and a government. The French Government (probably from WWI related fears) surrendered. A significant number of the French People did not.
France, a country that is made fun of for it's blunder in 1940, is a nation that defended it's homeland with the utmost of their strength and valour in both wars, and in the case of the second world war, fought vigorously to liberate it! Vive La France, from its ally, the Commonwealth of Australia!
I'm Italian and I find this song absolutely powerful. I shed tears listening to it and remembering all the youngsters who died fighting for their countries in such miserable and horrendous conditions
Non dimentichiamo anche la battaglia del Piave, dove anche numerosi giovani hanno perso la vita (c'erano anche molti francesi in questa battaglia, morti per l'Italia). Onore ai soldati caduti per loro paese o alleati ! Non li dimentichiamo ! Saluti dalla Francia !
This could almost be an alternative French national anthem. Nothing but respect for the glorious dead of our French allies. May they rest in peace and rise in glory. With highest regards from your brothers in arms across the Channel. 🇬🇧 🇫🇷
Ça aurait pu, mais contrairement à la marseillaise qui désigne la noblesse comme son ennemi à abattre, là c'est les allemands. Ça n'aurait clairement pas aidé à une paix durable en Europe.
@@gestiongmcg3717C'est vrai. Toutefois, par example, l'hymne national néerlandais est assez impoli à propos de l'espagnol! P.S Please excuse my schoolboy French!
It's sad that the most common known fact on the internet about France is only the 1940 disaster, but they never talk about its glory during Napoleon, one, probably the greatest leader of all times. They don't talk about France helping the americans during their revolutions, they only judge France by their mistakes, not achievements. As a romanian, a language neighbor of France, I salute you with respect, and we didn't forget your military mission to us in WW1 to reform our army. Vive La France! 🇫🇷🤝🇷🇴
Thank you so much for your meaningful message! We stand by your side, always, as European and latin brothers and sisters. Romania has an amazing language and an even more interesting and diverse culture and history Much love and respect from France 🇫🇷♥️🇷🇴
Anyone who acts like French are cowards are simply admitting their own arrogance and lack of knowledge. The only leaders that hold a candle to Napoleon are Alexander, Caeser, Mehmed II, and Chenggis Khan. Absolutely beautiful country with a beautiful history and culture.
As a (patritoic) Briton it is a shame to see such a good country have its valour torn away by one mistake. Its valour never died for me, as it should for all.
Serbia is a friend for France, just like Scotland, Ireland, Denmark, Poland, very old friends and allies. Your country is a great one and your people is very brave.
This isn't because our leaders hate Serbia that we do too, in fact our leaders hate us already so this should tell a lot about how much they represent us (and btw, this extends to other countries as well, most notably Russia. Our leaders hate Russia, but most regular people absolutely do not hate Russia)
I visited Verdun, and went to this church that had tombs filled with bones of unknown soldiers. I saw a skull staring back at me. A skull that had a family that never knew what became of him. May the men rest in peace
This song motivated me to learn French. And every time i listen "Et Verdun la victorieuse" my body burn, and wants to say - Vive La France! -From Armenia 🇦🇲🙏🇨🇵
France, a land of heros and hopes. May she never fade. Vive le France! From an American who knows his history and remembers Charlemagne to Napoleon and many more heros, artists, and scientists.
WHEN YOU KNOW HISTORY SHAME ON YOU. France owned 2/3 of africa. There they have introduced something later to be known as "white supremacy". That means that a large population being governed in a so called "Colony" enjoys less rights than actual civilians and contribute to the french economy by costing less money and not being given humane rights. All that was dependend on the SKIN COLOUR. A german occupation of paris might have resulted in french break away colonies which could also have resulted in other colonies (like british colonies) to do the same
@@ishouldbestudyingrightnow5368 every country did something bad. Google what your country did bad I guarantee youll find something YOU might find despicable, but that was done a while ago. Keep in mind when these countries did these bads things, it was a while ago where power and empire was the only thing that mattered. The world was different.
From *February 21, 1916* , to *December 18, 1916* : *1.140.000* French soldiers and *1.250.000* German soldiers fought in this battle. *216.000* French soldiers and *196.000* German soldiers were injured in this battle. *163.000* French soldiers and *143.000* German soldiers died in this battle. *80%* of the casualties were inflicted by artillery. Historians estimate at *53.000.000* the number of shells fired in this battle, which is equivalent to 6 shells per square metre. Neither French nor German positions had significantly progressed at the end of the battle. *September 22, 1984* , François Mitterrand, the French president, grabed the hand of Helmut Kohl, the chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany in front of Fort Douaumont Ossuary during a memorial to the fallen soldiers of WWI, while _La Marseillaise_ was played : th-cam.com/video/QX1kzMwO3EE/w-d-xo.html
Antoine Legrand This battle is now well-known, time have come to learn new important battles, they added Gallipoli which isn’t a french battle ( i’m french ) but it is as important as Verdun. They want us to learn the violence of the war as a whole.
@@MBasu-km8by France won, it happened in France, and the ceremony happened in France. I could've agreed for both anthem to play in the background one at a time. But if it was one, it was the French one.
Greetings from your old ally - Russia. Vive La France! The eternal memory of the soldiers who died in this war, the eternal memory of the Russian, French, Belgian, British, Colonial, Italian, Yugoslav, Romanian, Greek and all other troops of the Entente. And also the memory of simple German and Austrian troops that were drawn into the war not of their own free will. It’s a pity that our alliance broke up, I hope that we will restore our unity soon, and Russia will join your European family on equal terms, like Germany or France, and together we will drink vodka all day, eat German sausages and eat frog legs and croissants.
France and Russia are still allies today do not trust the EU propaganda that Russia is a barbaric country it isn't. Russia has the best architecture in the world
@@ShireTommy_1916_Somme-Mametz you can hardly consider the somme a british victory. And the british didnt even do much in ww1, we did the most and took the most, while you just sat on your island like cowards. When the british army stands alone its results are of the somme, but when the french stand alone, its results are of verdun💪💪🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷
@@GeoNoob good! It's your soil to defend, but we both know after 1871, France needed allies to defend itself. 1916 Britain had to plan an offensive to relieve pressure of Verdun, even Brusilov had to make an offensive. Verdun was the longest battle, and the Germans hoped to win on the Western front. They would have won had it not been for going through Belgium
@@GeoNoob you can keep telling yourself that we sat on our island yet your cemeteries tell a different story. And the fact we built the tank for the La Somme offensive, tell us the truth. France may have lost millions, but that comes from the many futile marches made. Such as marching 28,000 men in red uniform on a sunny day.
@@julien.s2002 des sondages avait été réaliser en Alsace et en Lorraine ils on voulut définitivement rester français, donc non il devrait pas redevenir allemand
As person from Romania I’m grateful for the fierce bravery of the French people and their help to Romania during ww1 , giving us equipment , training and generals and helping us achive our 3 most important wins during ww1 , as for ww2 they might have lacked during the start , the french resistance helped a lot with the western campaigns during 44-45 and im proud to call France an ally Peace and love from your eastern most latin brothers🇷🇴❤️🇫🇷
I get an overwhelming sense of patriotism when I listen to this, it brings tears to my eyes every time. I have French ancestors, I'm not calling myself French by any means, but I'm proud to have French blood in me!
@@МэкуйанскиЖэларёв what? Russia is expansionist and I can’t see why some people ignore the Russian threat. There are currently two big alliances in the world and the EU and Russia is on opposite sides.
As an American I have the utmost respect for the people of France even though they surrendered to Germany in WW2 they managed to hold the line in WW1 and without the French my country would not have gained its independence from Great Britain Vive la France! 🇺🇸 🇫🇷
You should know that France didn't surrender that easy, they had hold the lines, they sacrified their lives to let the british escape at Dunkerque and they have shot at them when they tried to join them after holding the lines, maybe they have surrender, but never retreated like cowards as british did. Do you know the history of the B1 Bis that stoped the advance of the germand army in the north of France ? THE battle that changed the course of the war of France, this one that conduct to the defeat, one only tank versus an army inviding his country.
@@Axeldu691 Did you heard of the story of Stonne? A village taken many times by germans and french? One time, the french send 2 tanks: "L'eure" and "Riquewihr". The first faced 13 panzer lll and 2 anti-tank canons and the second killed many germans by rolling in the trench made by the ennemy,it was surnamed "boucher de stonne"(Stonne's Hooker)
The Battle of Verdun is arguably the worst single point of conflict in human history. It lasted from 21 February to 18 December 1916, the longest battle of the Great War. It is thought that 65 million shells were fired, many of them gas shells. A significant portion of these rounds never burst, and litter the fields to this day. Farmers in Verdun conduct an annual "Iron Harvest," where thousands of shells are disinterred by their plows. Some 42,000 acres of the field, the Red Zone, is off-limits to all human entrance due to high amounts of UXO and levels of arsenic, used in the shells' detonators, in excess of one thousand times the norm. Verdun was so hellish that a century later, the fields are still scarred by its impact. Never again.
I visited a few years the battlefield of the Chemin des Dames. The guide told us that these northern regions of France where WWI battlefield are the only ones in France to have permanent professional bomb disposal teams. Their motto "You only make one mistake". And they work every day, even now. Years before that, I camped in a wood in a property where an artillery battle happened. Near the entrance of the property, there was a hangar with piles of disarmed unexploded shells. The EOD team came around once a month to disarm the unexploded shells that they'd find on this property and add them to the pile until they could be disposed off. And wherever you'd walk in these woods, a hundred years later, you'd still find little pieces of metal. Hundred years old shrapnells. It's kind of sobering.
You are both right and wrong ; The battle of Verdun was the longest battle of the great war, but it was also the longest battle in human history. Even Stalingrad wasn't as long, but it was deadlier.
Brotherly salutes from Serbia, we lost 30% of our population in WWI and previous wars(1912-1919), it's our "Great Patriotic War" in a way. Thank you brave France for all you did for us. We will always remember you as you once were.
I am French, and i feel really sad because our government recognize Kosovo as a country, while the French people know that is part of Serbia. Greetings to all our Serbian brothers, French people are always with you, we will never forget our ally we could trust the most in ww1. Vive la France et la Serbie ✝🇨🇵❤️🇷🇸✝
my dad told me a story about the nazi ambushing a wedding and bombing a church with planted explosives and a woman had her arms chopped off and this was in ww2
Well I'm French and I've said something its weird we released you from the domination of the United Kingdom in addition you done the Statue of Liberty and now you insult us and then after you come tell us glory ah France you were chelou
My family in France fought in that battle and many others and they have been forgotten for what happened in WW2 so seeing people talk highly of there sacrifices makes more of a difference than you can imagine
The french army was the mainstay and the greatest baluard against the germans as long as we italians were against the austrians . This song alone like the italian la leggenda del Piave was better than a four star general...french soldiers were among the bravest during ww1. What Is remarkable Is that the Song Is so solemn and Epic at the same time that there Is no need of any instrument here...only the voice of the bravest french soldiers united in a common cause in pure perfectiion... Vive la France Greetings from Italy
Greeting from Illinois, USA! My parents have French blood pumping through their veins and I am a proud participant in this amalgamation of Polish, German, and French heritage that is my bloodline. Our histories have been ever intertwined since the beginning of this great nation, and we shall keep our destinies intertwined! VIVE LA FRANCE! 🇨🇵❤️🇺🇲
French Loyalty to the Fatherland is no doubt one of the most beautiful things to watch. Never have I ever seen any type of loyalty ever rival how French people will dedicate themselves to the protection of France.
This was long before, nowadays, people in our country do all to make even French people to hate our history and country even if in our history, all is not so beautiful, but who does have only a beautiful history? I even heard French people saying things like " oh we should give some part of our country to those people or those people", and much more. The French loyalty to the motherland/fatherland doesn't exist anymore only for a little part of the population. Young people say now "we won't fight for France, even if someone attack us"
@@Heoldu You are wrong, those people you are talking about, they aren't french, their are ignorants living with french papers, often leftists or immigrants. I'm speaking on behalf of youth in their 20s, seeing there names on memorials. The sacrifice will never be forgotten. Even if i'm the last man standing, I will stay loyal to the fatherland.
@@maximexc1299 I'm not wrong so because I said most of the French people. All leftist plus immigrants represent the biggest part of French people so I'm absolutely good in what I'm saying, I'm from France if you didn't understood that
@@Heoldu People who hate France will never be French. No matters if they got papers or not. I don't care if I'm the last my standing, screaming alone what a true French is, I'll not surrender.
It sure has been a while since the last time a song got me all teared up. This one hit me to my soul! France's role in WW1 is sadly so forgotten because of WW2, when in reality they never surrendered, having among the largest and strongest resistance movements in Europe. And in WW1 having 15% of the population become a casuality of the war. That is an unimaginable number of people injured, dead, disabled and forever traumatized by the horrors of that war. Those were truly huge losses unmatched in today's world, where the reality really was that almost every family had lost a father, a brother, a son, an uncle. Massive respect from Estonia! Wish we were like you, braver when we had to be the bravest! Vive la France!
Don't forget the scars of the wars.. Verdun, Ouradour-Sur-Glane, Villanova.. so much towns in France that were destroyed or had a difficult moment because of WW1 and WW2 The people suffered yes, my great grand father fought in Verdun, but they are not here anymore.. the cities have still the scars.. Thank you 🇫🇷🇪🇪
Sadly, lots of the bravest and fiercest we had are dead, otherwise we wouldn't be lead by cowards and traitors today. But the ones who are grateful and remember, will never forget, and will keep fighting.
My Great Great Grandfather was a French infantryman during ww1, a lot of the friends he made on the front either ended up dead or maimed beyond repair. He was lucky to come out of that hell in one piece (at least physically). God bless the French nation, its sacrifices, and its people. Vive la République, Vive la France!
@@MBasu-km8by exactly ! you can't love the republic and France at the same time. It's two opposite things, since the 1st, 3rd and 5th french republic tried hard to destroy France. For me, french history ended in 1815, with the last giant leader France knew.
@@MBasu-km8by j'emmerde la Monarchie les seuls personnes qui méritent mon respect son des Hommes providentiel et hormis Napoléon Bonapart de Charles De Gaulle il n'y en a pas eu tant que ça depuis ce dernier demi siècle en France
@@lapinmalin8626 et pourtant Louis XIV n'était pas le plus grand roi que la France ait connue... Louis XV était plus populaire, et Louis XVI était déjà plus compétent que tous les dirigeants que la France aura connue au 20ème siècle... Le fait est, que la monarchie reste le système de gouvernement le plus naturel, surtout pour des pays comme la France, avec une longue histoire et de très fortes traditions. La République n'a apporté que carnages sur carnages et s'est imposée contre la volonté du peuple, et a dû tirer sur la foule pour s'imposer Tu emmerdes la monarchie, mais n'oublie pas que c'est elle qui a façonné la France, pas la République. La République ne représente que le déclin de notre pays
Les Français sont probablement l'un des rares peuples d'Europe occidentale à lutter contre le mal. Vous pouvez parler sans cesse de l'honneur des Français. Vous êtes de vrais guerriers et héros. Avec le plus grand respect de la Russie, mes frères! 🇷🇺 🤝 🇫🇷
Je vous adore les Russes, nous étions ennemis avec Napoléon, mais les deux guerres mondiales nous ont rapprochés 🇫🇷💪🇷🇺 Et comparé aux Anglophones vous vous êtes jamais moqué la bataille de France en 1940 et vous respecter notre Histoire, culture, langue et peuple 🧡 VIVE LA RUSSIE VIVE LA FRANCE 🧡🧡🧡🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🧡💪🧡🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🧡🧡🧡
@@Diegomax22 on étais ennemie mais il y a eu un moment pendant les guerre napoléonienne nous étions ami avec la Russie , Napoléon a déclaré la guerre a la Russie parce que la Russie pouvais pas continuer de respecter le blocus contre les anglais
@Murat Aubakir je suis désolée mais l'Algérie était français mais il se sont et en France on appelle ça des traîtres donc estimé vous heureux que M.deGaule était la parceque je pense que l'histoire serait très différents
Mind-blowing fact: In ww1, France had 1.4 M soldiers dead (1.398 M to be precise) - that's more than all the US soldiers killed at war in the whole history of the USA (1776-2023) - and I count the US civil war in which both sides were Americans! It's even more shocking if you consider that a large number of these US military deaths were endured while the USA had a much bigger population than France in ww1 (France had a population somewhere between 39.5 M and 41.5 M, in 1914 (I've seen different estimates)). US soldiers dead at war: US civil war: between ~620 k and ~750 k deads (probably around 655 k) ww2: ~407 k ww1: ~116 k Vietnam: ~58 k (47.4 k directly in combat) The other wars have much smaller numbers of deads and are kind of negligible compared to the numbers of these.
To try to understand the impact of WWI on the country, go in rural France. In almost every villages, there is a monument with the names of the soldiers killed during the war. Even in very small villages, you can read 10 or 15 names, sometime 2, 3, 4 or 5 of the same family...
i have great respect for france. Our wars were one of legend 2 super powers fighting across all 4 corners of the globe the whale and the elephant, one master of land one of the sea. one could compare it to Greek mythology! LOVE FROM BRITAIN
Long live our beautiful countries! We couldn't have wish for greater rivals, our long-term rivalry and recent brotherhood are truly legendary! Lots of love and respect from France 🇫🇷
@@dameanebulia In my opinion france and britain have an obligation to the world to show the greatest of rivals can become the closest of allies. Its why i hate the pettiness of us sending warships to the dependencies and france threating to cut power to them! Note: when i lived in london and any time i passed the charles de gaulle statue i gave him a nod of respect!
Love to France from Serbia, both of our nations fought HARD against the Švabas in the world wars. The governments in WW2 may have surrendered quickly but the people definitely did NOT! Allies forever! 🇷🇸💖🇫🇷
When people make fun of France for surrendering, or any country’s military shortcomings, it’s a blatant disrespect to the soldiers fighting for the country in what was basically hell on earth, giving their lives to protect their homeland and losing their friends in the process. Many people died in these wars, and just because their government made a decision that you felt was wrong doesn’t immediately make the soldiers cowards. In fact, if you dig deep, you will find that some of these were justified. Vietnam for example, the US soldiers were bravely fighting and even winning, but only withdrew because of pressure from the people. France in WW2 surrendered because they lost their entire army at Dunkirk, and if they had continued fighting, it would have resulted in much more unnecessary bloodshed. Respect the militaries of nations who bravely fought to defend your freedoms. Don’t discredit their sacrifice because of one action.
Let's not forget that the French soldiers during WW2 waited for the order of a General and not the order of the cowards to surrender ! Take for example the Maginot Line, the Germans were not able to go in, in fact the French soldiers were repelling them while being surrounded and outnumbered and were planning to blow themselves together with the Line AND the Germans.
Remember that the people making these kinds of jokes will never enlist themselves in their nation's military, they will never have the balls to put their own lives on the line, to die for their people despite the politics. They can sit there on their keyboards making these jokes, so brave in the comfort of their homes.
@@rrows5803 'Take for example the Maginot Line, the Germans were not able to go in, in fact the French soldiers were repelling them while being surrounded and outnumbered and were planning to blow themselves together with the Line AND the Germans.' I have no doubt that the Maginot line held well, considering it WAS the heaviest defended line at the time. But you're a liar. The French soldiers in the Maginot line surrendered to the Germans after news of the German Army had entered Paris had arrived. There was no plan to blow themselves up, or the Line. The held, they lost. Stop making up myths about history to make your country seem better then it actually was.
Vive la France, du Québec! D'un océan écho un encouragement qui rage depuis des siècles! Les Québécois aime leurs France. La patrie nous appelle, je sens les champs et le ciel de France m'appeller. Je tends à retourner en tant que québécois à vivre et mourrir pour la métropole, pour ma patrie.
I understand many from my country don't appreciate France and treat it as a joke but I have nothing but respect for how brave the French were is both World Wars. Love from the United States. 🇺🇸.
There have been 53 major conflicts in Europe. France will have been belligerent in 49 of them, and the United Kingdom in 43. Of the 185 battles that France has fought over the last 800 years, its armies will have won 132, and lost 43, leaving only 10 indecisive battles. Thus giving the French military the record of victories in Europe and therefore in the world. France is the nation that has participated in the greatest number of wars and battles throughout the history of mankind. - In the last 800 years, France has beaten over 200 against England, over 150 against Germanic nations, over 190 against Spanish/Portuguese, and against many other nations. Very often these wars were fought against France, which outnumbered the coalitions of several nations aimed at destroying it. France, a warrior nation par excellence, we still study today the strategies deployed by these generals, in particular the campaigns of Napoleon Bonaparte. On all lands and all continents, France has shown the world what it is worth in the fight. But France is also the one that colonized England in 1066, this country francized for centuries to the point that 40% of English words are of French origin. It is the Daughter Nation of the Church, because the first Barbarian King of Europe to convert is none other than Clovis I, King of the Franks, it is therefore the protector of Christianity, even within its national borders one feels fate. The one who dismantled the 900 year old Holy Roman Empire. Allow Germany to be born 65 years later. The one who allowed the independence of the USA by fighting in America against the English. The country of "Dynasties" Many European kings have French ancestors. - Under Saint Louis, France is the richest and most populous country in Europe as well as the most intellectually and artistically developed, influencing all of Europe. - . The one that dominated Europe for several centuries, making its royal court the most popular and appreciated by the Kings of Europe. These remarkable achievements help explain another French military victory. Whether ranks (general, captain, corporal, lieutenant...); equipment (spear, mine, bayonet, epaulette, trench...); organization (volunteer, regiment, soldier, barracks...) or strategy (army, camouflage, combat, esprit de corps, reconnaissance...), the language of war is written in a single language: French."
wath happen when other Nations insult or invade our country we feel so angry sad and we want to fight fo our country it's really powerful Vive La France💙. France forever 🟦⬜🟥
Most French military song are like that. Slow paced, little to no music and respectful to war rather than jolly about it. It's a style, some like it other doesn't. It differ from Germans and English that are usually more cheerful. I would say that Russians are more like French too.
Was at Verdun with my schoolclass. Many had no respect, not properly dressed they made selfies with the bones of the fallen in the background, I feel ashamed.
Des larmes et des frissons. Quelle fierté d'être un enfant de ce merveilleux pays. Puissons-nous redonner à nos compatriotes l'envie de célébrer la gloire passée (et de préparer celle future) de notre belle terre de France
I just hate it when someone slanders about France during WWII for losing the Battle of France even tho the French had the most Battles won from the Middle Ages to Napoleon, the French even provided Troops, Supplies, Weapons, and other means of Support to the Americans in the Revolutionary war, and even in WWII after the Battle of France the French continued to fight
I'm not Close on being French. But as a Swede and fellow European, i Still feel during this song. War is in My blood aswell since My great grandfather and most of my family fought in the Finnish Winter/continuation War against Communism. Me myself hasn't seen Combat, but i have grown Up hearing about it all and i feel like a patriot for any nation that believe and loves it! I don't want to live in a world without WW2 veterans, so i feel like My job Will have to be to never let My great grandfather (and grandfathers) stories be Lost in time Nationalism is a Beautiful thing. Loving your nation is not a bad thing
We are the same civilization, the greatest civilization, each European nations must be celebrated. Nationalism is loving your nation and believing that all nations should govern themselves. If that was respected, WW1 and WW2, would had never happened. WW1 was caused by the greed of multinational Empires, that cared little for nations. WW2 was caused by the greed of one nation, who thought it could colonize the others. Today, we still pay the price for this. Sweden was one of the rare nations that didn't took part to this madness.
I've not got a single drop of French blood in me (In fact, I have more Germanic), yet I feel very patriotic for France. I do plan on visiting Verdun and doing research at some point in my future.
Vive la France et vive l'amitié russo-française. Une amitié forte et durable entre nos pays et nos peuples. La Russie aime la France et la culture française. Salutations de Russie 🇷🇺🇲🇫
Man, the song sounds oddly haunting.
It feels like the ghosts of the fallen soldiers still stand firm to defend the line
Even more than 100 years after, whole parts of Verdun surroundings are to this very day and for many, many years to come still so packed with unexploaded shells that it is too dangerous to use the land.
There you can see shells and other WW1 stuff imbedded in trees and you simply need to head down to find metal fragments from shells.
The unimaginable violence that takes places there are still very palpable.
They are indeed...💀♠️🥀🗡⚔
@Allô français canadien As a kid, I played myself in massive WW2 bunkers of the Atlantic wall, overhanging the ocean. Both world wars leaved their mark.
"...debout! Debout les morts!"
@ Es-tu francophone ?
Une analyse musicale d'un tel intérêt mérite une traduction en français !
If there ever was a place closest to Hell on Earth, it must surely have been the trenches during an artillery barrage, deepest respects to the lost generation
@Yu Hin TAM trenches during artillery is nothing compared to charges on no man's land. it was a massacre.
@Yu Hin TAM shell-proof bunkers may protect from an impact from artillery shells, but it doesn't protect troops from shell shock. Just the sounds of bombardment alone can give them a lot of psychological trauma, and this trauma is often dismissed as "act of cowardice" by both sides of the war. Its truely hell on earth.
@panakhun chunchuasab Stalingrad actually gave you a shot at living, the soviets never took that chance
panakhun chunchuasab they would disagree but they can’t anymore
Well, it's questionable. Go and tell that to the people of Abu ghraib.
“ Making jokes about surrendering “
They don’t even know how the French really fought for their country.
@@christophermichaelclarence6003 They ignore the Austerlitz and focus on the Waterloo
@@IshijimaKairo Battle of Austerlitz 1805 was won by our French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.
Best Conquerer of Europe
People think they surrendered cause they did in ww2, but france fought hard for the entire war.
@4th Chairman joke to frog baguette but the soldier death IS not fun
The nazis were really powerful in wwii the french just couldn’t survive but the resistance did and people just ignore how some french people fled to Britain to continue the fight i hate when people say “haha the french surrendered”
They dont even know the shit that they went through
70% of Frenchmen born between 1870 and 1896 passed by this hell on earth.
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@@certifiedrealverified ????
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Lot of 14 year olds in the comment this time round lmao
It's even more sad when you realize that most European (Plus colonized territories) Passed away due to world war one.
They could've lived healthy lives but due to that pointless war they sadly didn't.
They shall not pass 🇫🇷 !
Rzeczpospolita Ludowa Vive La France 🇫🇷 !!!!!
Yes, I love Germany too...but careful with that saying...
10 million mens died what for?
Mikitko Owl they died because of some issues a specific Empire had an issue.
Essentially, this is what went down...
The Austro-Hungarian Empire was upset that Franz Ferdinand was murdered by the Black Hand Member Gavrillo Princip. This was a terrorist attack that Serbia had no control over! They had no idea it was going to happen. But as a punishment they wanted Serbia to pay for the Death of their prince and his family. Yet since they (Austria-Hungary) had taken their territory and money (as one of the bigger imperialist powers in Europe), Serbia said they couldn’t! So then the Empire said fine then I will threaten you with war allied with Germany, and then Serbia said “Hey Russia! Was need your help!”. Watching all of this was France who had jusst fought the Franco-Prussian war, trying to build up their economy and then saw this and began to rebuild their military up. Germany signed an alliance with Italy and the Austro-Hungarian Empire which was called the Triple Alliance. Then France, Russia, and the UK decided that is might be a good idea to be allies just incase the Axis powers attacked anyone of them (the Triple Entente) Once Germany attacked Russia...poop hit the fan and WW 1 began!
Ils on passeront pas! wi! (Sorry for bad french)
The battle of verdun was symbolic for both countries. The treaty of Verdun, signed in 843, divided the Frankish empire into East and West Francia who will become France and Germany.
Wow
Echo of the past bringing change to the futur. Every change which look minor may have massive consequences... and this treaty is the proof of that.
@@luxiusilluminus2844 Are you illiterate or just terrible at reading comprehension?
My great grandfather fought in Verdun, may God bless his soul 🇫🇷✌🏻
@@Diegomax22 My great-grandfather also fought there. He was shot in the lung, but survived and died at age 88 in 1977. His name was Wilhelm Krevet.
"Cocorico" is the sound a rooster makes to show dominance (in French), and, the national bird of France is the Rooster.
Exact, a well-known French expression says
"Être fier comme un coq"
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"Being proud like a rooster"
And yes, we French are proud as roosters ^^
@@skwirelle
La Wallonie est aussi fière de son animal emblématique le coq wallons ! On voit bien qu'on est cousin 🇧🇪🇫🇷
@@spartacle9469 Frite Connection
@@spartacle9469 Paix sur vous les cousins !
Je ne suis pas ravi que le coq soit l'emblème nationale de la France.
Vive La France! From your distant French Brothers in Louisiana, I’m sorry we took so long to get into the fight, but les Acadiens will always support you France! 🇫🇷🇺🇸
France owned 2/3 of africa at the time. There they have introduced something later to be known as "white supremacy". That means that a large population being governed in a so called "Colony" enjoys less rights than actual civilians and contribute to the french economy by costing less money and not being given humane rights. All that was dependend on the SKIN COLOUR. A german occupation of paris might have resulted in french break away colonies which could also have resulted in other colonies (like british colonies) to do the same
@@ishouldbestudyingrightnow5368 pfff get a grip Germany had colonies in Africa as well and would have just taken over the French ones if they had one. WEHRABOO!
@@cjon6898 no Germany didn't maintain its tiny colony where goods weren't even transporter. My dear colonizer boo you're a white supremacist am I right?
@@ishouldbestudyingrightnow5368 cry in silence
@@ishouldbestudyingrightnow5368 One of the goals of the German Empire when joining WW1 was to defeat and surpass the colonial powers of the time and take their colonies. Of course they didn't keep their tiny colonies, they lost the war and had to give them away.
Germany would have exploited colonies exactly like other countries. What's the point of having colonies, if not to exploit their resources?
Cette chanson prend aux tripes.
A mes aïeux tombés à Verdun ,100 ans nous séparent mais je n'oublierai jamais votre sacrifice.
J'ai quelque chose pour toi que tu vas adorer: th-cam.com/video/WJBClO1EPsk/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=jean-claudeschwartz
A nation of war and warriors for over 2000 years, from Gauls to Napoleon, only to be called cowards.
Unjust.
@AidenDM they are just losers with 0 history knowledge and the furthest they can go back to is ww2(cause games, i guess), i mean if they love memes, why meme german took france in 36 days on truck and tanks, and not napoleon took berlin in 18 days, on foot and horseback
@@idodeclare6804 hell, as a memer I hate these surrender jokes, they're the equivalent of going to a ww2 veteran, spitting in his face, and proceeding to tell him, all the hell he went through when he was young meant nothing.
Seriously, the French have fought very hard for years, only to be called cowards because of one thing. The French, and the whole country of France deserve more respect from people, and I hope that someday, that will happen.
Also the French have won the most battles in history.
Thx for your comment ❤🇨🇵🐓
I simply love the fact that most memers don't know that France has the best military record in all of history and just think "if the Germans in my WWII game that heavily glorifies WWII Germany to make them more intimidating enemies are oppressing the French people this easily, their military must be a piece of trash, right? *looks at statistics on battle of Verdun and French military record* Right?"
I don't have a drop of French blood in me, and yet I feel overwhelmingly patriotic! Vive la France!
My country was occupied(annexed a century ago) by a country that pretty much betrayed you all
@Nspnspker Russia. Kazakhstan was annexed right after the Napoleonic wars ended
You heard it here, the French are just that good at singing
Merci à toi.
"Every man has two countries : His own and France" - Jefferson
"Combattu souvent, battu parfois, abattu jamais."
Première larme déposée.
Francois Athanase de Charrettes
De qui est cette bien belle phrase ?
@@tn95200 De monsieur de Charrettes contre révolutionnaire ayant participer aux guerres de vendées
@@guillaumefontaine124 Mais merci bien jeune internaute. S'agit-il de la chanson " Monsieur de Charette a dit Prends ton Fusil Grégoire " ?
France fought so bravely in WW1. It is a shame that it is overshadowed by the massive embarrassment that was WW2.
The Versailles Treaty was too soft on Germany, we should've taken everything up to the Rhine
I mean the braveness of the french in WW1 was overshadowed by their incompetence, in the war most of its military command was bad and old, there were very few good french generals, Petain for example
If I recall, the French Lost the most men in the war. Not only this, but I do agree when it comes to the embarrassment in World War II. The Only Reason why France surrendered were two reasons, Tactics and their Government. Besides that, the Soldiers were well armed and they fought valiantly even when we capitulated. Maybe one day arrogant people will realize that us French, did not completely surrender and instead we fought in the Shadows as Partisans and in Africa. Vive la France, Vive la Résistance.
@Fabian Kirchgessner in WW2 their generals werent that bad, their politicians on the other side were, the french army was stronger and many of their generals were capable yet somehow their government managed to destroy every single advantage they had with instability
@Fabian Kirchgessner thats exactly what I said, the french military in WW2 wasnt bad, the government in the other hand was terrible
Le respect et l'amour de vos frères de l'autre côté des Alpes 🇮🇹🇫🇷
Merci beaucoup frères Italiens 🧡
On adore se disputer mais au fond nous sommes les fils de l’Empire Romain 🇫🇷🇮🇹
🇫🇷🤝🇮🇹
n'oubliez pas les portugais, qui sont aussi vos frères et vos amis 🇵🇹🤝🇫🇷🤝🇮🇹
Non dimentichiamo anche la battaglia del Piave, dove anche numerosi giovani hanno perso la vita (c'erano anche molti francesi in questa battaglia, morti per l'Italia). Onore ai soldati caduti per loro paese o alleati ! Non li dimentichiamo ! Saluti dalla Francia !
et la Bataille de Vimy gagner par nous les Canadien CA🤝FR 🤝IT🤝 PT
Ok, this is a nice shot. Greetings from your italians cousins. Viva la Francia!🇮🇹❤🇲🇫
merci
Merci
Greetings from Spain 🇪🇸🇫🇷🇮🇹
:p
Finalmente un altro italiano che rispetta i nostri cugini .Vive la France et l'Italie ❤️🇮🇹🇫🇷
The French Army is a very formidable army, being able to hold the line in Verdun for 10 months.
Even with the damp and cold situation in the trenches, they were able to repel the Germans.
Even when the Nazis captured all of France, the French army still stands as rebels against Hitler's grip.
Even when more than 1.2 million soldiers died to protect France, the Tricolore still stands.
Vive la France.
also thanks for the 1.4k likes i left this like a year ago
Even though they didnt last long in ww2, they held on long enough for their British allies to retreat. Its safe to say the war would have been lost without France.
WWII France is actually a good example of the differences between a people and a government. The French Government (probably from WWI related fears) surrendered. A significant number of the French People did not.
Me as a descendant of Spain,
Appreciate you Frencies!
Salut from Azores!!! ⚜️⚜️🇪🇸
@@Jahabbeez war would have been lost if it wasn’t for USA and ussr not France in world war 2…
You didn’t remember the French resistance movement partisans???
Who das fick are you?
France, a country that is made fun of for it's blunder in 1940, is a nation that defended it's homeland with the utmost of their strength and valour in both wars, and in the case of the second world war, fought vigorously to liberate it! Vive La France, from its ally, the Commonwealth of Australia!
We love Australia
Jim Mac alright, mate, don’t get your bra in a twist
Merci au australien de s être donner corps et âme dans un conflit qui n'est pas le leur. Merci a vous !
While WW1 was a success, Australia contributed a lot (and at a very high price) to it. This is not forgotten.
your sacrifice has not been forgotten Australia! Greetings from a french!
edit: just realised, i used the wrong word... am really sorry
I'm French and so proud of it, that reading so much love for my country in the comments almost made me cry. Thank you all, et Vive la France !
Vive la France ! Notre pays se relèvera !
@@Alex123prod Espérons-le ! 🇨🇵🐓
@@Alex123prod Parce-qu'il n'est pas déjà debout ? 😄
Faut vraiment être un simplet sans vie pour être autant chauvin, chialer à cause des commentaires youtube hahaha
tout ce que j’ai compris dans ton message c’est « im french »
I'm Italian and I find this song absolutely powerful. I shed tears listening to it and remembering all the youngsters who died fighting for their countries in such miserable and horrendous conditions
Non dimentichiamo anche la battaglia del Piave, dove anche numerosi giovani hanno perso la vita (c'erano anche molti francesi in questa battaglia, morti per l'Italia). Onore ai soldati caduti per loro paese o alleati ! Non li dimentichiamo ! Saluti dalla Francia !
Viva Italia Italian fratelo ! 🇨🇵🇮🇹
Gloire à la France éternelle et à ceux qui l’ont défendue 🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷
Vive la France ! Mort au progressistes et à la gauche !
@@Zyrich777 👍
Vive la France !
@@nathantrienbach9516 Vive la France !!
Vive la France !
I don't even know French, and this song brought a tear to my eye... thinking of the fact that we lost an entire generation in pointless war...
For me that's the 2nd French genocide
@Cptlogs13 When you realise the song is about the Battle of Verdun in WW1, when the Nazi's did not exist, and Mussolini was not in power.
hi...
This could almost be an alternative French national anthem. Nothing but respect for the glorious dead of our French allies. May they rest in peace and rise in glory. With highest regards from your brothers in arms across the Channel. 🇬🇧 🇫🇷
We are not brothers
@@ShireTommy_1916_Somme-Mametz Historic rivals, but now friends.
Ça aurait pu, mais contrairement à la marseillaise qui désigne la noblesse comme son ennemi à abattre, là c'est les allemands. Ça n'aurait clairement pas aidé à une paix durable en Europe.
@@gestiongmcg3717C'est vrai. Toutefois, par example, l'hymne national néerlandais est assez impoli à propos de l'espagnol!
P.S Please excuse my schoolboy French!
It's sad that the most common known fact on the internet about France is only the 1940 disaster, but they never talk about its glory during Napoleon, one, probably the greatest leader of all times. They don't talk about France helping the americans during their revolutions, they only judge France by their mistakes, not achievements. As a romanian, a language neighbor of France, I salute you with respect, and we didn't forget your military mission to us in WW1 to reform our army.
Vive La France! 🇫🇷🤝🇷🇴
Thank you so much for your meaningful message! We stand by your side, always, as European and latin brothers and sisters. Romania has an amazing language and an even more interesting and diverse culture and history
Much love and respect from France 🇫🇷♥️🇷🇴
Anyone who acts like French are cowards are simply admitting their own arrogance and lack of knowledge. The only leaders that hold a candle to Napoleon are Alexander, Caeser, Mehmed II, and Chenggis Khan. Absolutely beautiful country with a beautiful history and culture.
Napoleão is a trash! Long Live Saint Louis IX!
As a (patritoic) Briton it is a shame to see such a good country have its valour torn away by one mistake. Its valour never died for me, as it should for all.
Merci camarade
Vive la France!
From Serbia, hopefully our relations will soon be restored and we may once again stand side by side
Serbia is a friend for France, just like Scotland, Ireland, Denmark, Poland, very old friends and allies. Your country is a great one and your people is very brave.
This isn't because our leaders hate Serbia that we do too, in fact our leaders hate us already so this should tell a lot about how much they represent us (and btw, this extends to other countries as well, most notably Russia. Our leaders hate Russia, but most regular people absolutely do not hate Russia)
Vive la Serbie libre!Vive les soldats serbes,les frères d'armes des poilus!!
🇫🇷❤️🇷🇸
🇨🇵❤️🇷🇸
I visited Verdun, and went to this church that had tombs filled with bones of unknown soldiers. I saw a skull staring back at me. A skull that had a family that never knew what became of him. May the men rest in peace
Valeur Et Discipline
Brave Soldiers of Verdun🇫🇷
Heres to the “Auld Alliance” 🏴🤝🇫🇷
🇨🇵🤝🏴
You scottish ?
Merci 🤜🤛
@@hezuuu8 Oui!
I prey every days for your independance from Brits VIVE L'ECOSSE LIBRE
This song motivated me to learn French. And every time i listen "Et Verdun la victorieuse" my body burn, and wants to say - Vive La France!
-From Armenia 🇦🇲🙏🇨🇵
🇦🇲🇦🇲✝️🇫🇷🇫🇷 Gloire à l'Arménie
Lol why u made the statue of Nazi? :d
@@alvinx8999 wtf i dont understand
french is a beautiful language, i am swedish and i learned it :)
Сергей Штурвалин Garegin Ter-Harutyunyan Nazi,fachist dying for Germany is Dying For Armenia fachists killed too many frenchs
My respect for France, such a beautiful country!
Ehn..😶
A beautiful country to invade ♥️
@@helliswar kid, show more respect.
Thank you man, it's rare nowadays to see this kind of comment, respect from France.
@@gagool3434 whats wrong mr le croissant ?
Your country without my country would be in the stone age :)
France, a land of heros and hopes. May she never fade.
Vive le France! From an American who knows his history and remembers Charlemagne to Napoleon and many more heros, artists, and scientists.
WHEN YOU KNOW HISTORY SHAME ON YOU. France owned 2/3 of africa. There they have introduced something later to be known as "white supremacy". That means that a large population being governed in a so called "Colony" enjoys less rights than actual civilians and contribute to the french economy by costing less money and not being given humane rights. All that was dependend on the SKIN COLOUR. A german occupation of paris might have resulted in french break away colonies which could also have resulted in other colonies (like british colonies) to do the same
@@ishouldbestudyingrightnow5368 bro chill
"Every man has two countries, his own and France"
Thomas Jefferson
@@ishouldbestudyingrightnow5368 Based French
@@ishouldbestudyingrightnow5368 every country did something bad. Google what your country did bad I guarantee youll find something YOU might find despicable, but that was done a while ago. Keep in mind when these countries did these bads things, it was a while ago where power and empire was the only thing that mattered. The world was different.
Thanks to this, it reminds me how beautiful is the French language, and how magnificent is to Speak it.
Absolutely! I couldn't agree more if I tried with both hands and both feet! 🙂
Même si je suis algérien fière que nos ancêtres ont combattus avec nos frères français et française
Et respect aux combattants "étrangers" qui n'ont pas reçu de reconnaissance à l'époque
Oui
Kenan Furcle oui
@vive la France bon après c'était pas tout blanc ni tout noire non plus hein
@vive la France corrige tes fautes par contre mais je suis d'accord avec toi
When you gain 20 meters of land after losing only 50,000 men
WW1 Generals: LET'S GOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"insert Laugh in WW1 meme"
Haig: amateurs
*worth it*
generals : stonks !
"for the braves, the rifle is only the handle of a bayonet." Napoléon Bonaparte
Edit: Or maybe Napoléon didn't say that, de Levis did.
It's not from Napoléon Bonaparte but Pierre-Marc-Gaston de Levis
@@kremlinkruguer627 ...
@@kremlinkruguer627 Listen here you little sh--
Jan Sobieski No, no, he is correct. I didn’t say that.
@@kremlinkruguer627 all right I didn't know, thx
Quelle beauté ce pays... force au français depuis la Belgique 🇲🇫🔥🇧🇪
Merci ❤
@@LaPatrioteFrancaise Ouais,sur l'homosexualité ?
🇨🇵🤝🇧🇪
La Belgique est française tout comme les frites
This song is weirdly scary but beatiful, sounds like ghosts of French soldiers singing inside a church, sad yet beatiful song
From *February 21, 1916* , to *December 18, 1916* :
*1.140.000* French soldiers and *1.250.000* German soldiers fought in this battle.
*216.000* French soldiers and *196.000* German soldiers were injured in this battle.
*163.000* French soldiers and *143.000* German soldiers died in this battle.
*80%* of the casualties were inflicted by artillery.
Historians estimate at *53.000.000* the number of shells fired in this battle, which is equivalent to 6 shells per square metre.
Neither French nor German positions had significantly progressed at the end of the battle.
*September 22, 1984* , François Mitterrand, the French president, grabed the hand of Helmut Kohl, the chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany in front of Fort Douaumont Ossuary during a memorial to the fallen soldiers of WWI, while _La Marseillaise_ was played : th-cam.com/video/QX1kzMwO3EE/w-d-xo.html
Plus jamais ça / Nie mehr
@Robert McCauley Seriously ? it's a shame...
@Robert McCauley Well in fact that's not true
Antoine Legrand This battle is now well-known, time have come to learn new important battles, they added Gallipoli which isn’t a french battle ( i’m french ) but it is as important as Verdun. They want us to learn the violence of the war as a whole.
@@MBasu-km8by France won, it happened in France, and the ceremony happened in France. I could've agreed for both anthem to play in the background one at a time. But if it was one, it was the French one.
Greetings from your old ally - Russia.
Vive La France!
The eternal memory of the soldiers who died in this war, the eternal memory of the Russian, French, Belgian, British, Colonial, Italian, Yugoslav, Romanian, Greek and all other troops of the Entente.
And also the memory of simple German and Austrian troops that were drawn into the war not of their own free will.
It’s a pity that our alliance broke up, I hope that we will restore our unity soon, and Russia will join your European family on equal terms, like Germany or France, and together we will drink vodka all day, eat German sausages and eat frog legs and croissants.
France and Russia are still allies today do not trust the EU propaganda that Russia is a barbaric country it isn't.
Russia has the best architecture in the world
Frienship from a French ally
Greetings from you old enemy Germany
Greeting to all of Europe (including Russia) from Spain
greetings from france !
Wo alle straßen enden: That's how we're all forsaken now in the gray no-man's-land
On ne passe pas: "Stop there! You're not coming through!
I think in many ways, this song is equally poetic. It's just in a different way. Both are definitely good.
@Yu Hin TAM Wo alle straßen enden is Passchendaele l think
@@jamescampbell574 isn't it the song of the sturmtruppen?
@@ardugaleen2231 i dont think so but I may be wrong
"C'est ici la porte de France, et vous ne passerez jamais !"
💖C'est magnifique !💕
Thanks to the British at battle of La somme, France won. "the river will run red in British blood for many centuries" - British veteran 1916
Merci aux français de vous avoir sauvé les fesses à Dunkerque
@@ShireTommy_1916_Somme-Mametz you can hardly consider the somme a british victory. And the british didnt even do much in ww1, we did the most and took the most, while you just sat on your island like cowards. When the british army stands alone its results are of the somme, but when the french stand alone, its results are of verdun💪💪🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷
@@GeoNoob good! It's your soil to defend, but we both know after 1871, France needed allies to defend itself. 1916 Britain had to plan an offensive to relieve pressure of Verdun, even Brusilov had to make an offensive. Verdun was the longest battle, and the Germans hoped to win on the Western front. They would have won had it not been for going through Belgium
@@GeoNoob you can keep telling yourself that we sat on our island yet your cemeteries tell a different story. And the fact we built the tank for the La Somme offensive, tell us the truth. France may have lost millions, but that comes from the many futile marches made. Such as marching 28,000 men in red uniform on a sunny day.
Respect from England. Rivals? Yes. Allies? Forever.
🇨🇵❤️🏴
@@FlaviusConstantinus306 What the fuck has the channel got to do with anything? And if you feel that way why are you here in the first place?
The best rivals IMO. Cheers 🍻 🍵
We are not rivals. And allies only when they need us
Ça me déchire le cœur de voir cette carte de France!
That broke my heart To see this map of France!
@@МэкуйанскиЖэларёв je te respect mon meilleur ennemi
@@МэкуйанскиЖэларёв C'est derrière nous ça, la France et l'Allemagne sont amies depuis 80 ans maintenant
Nos vaillants ancêtres ont fini par la reprendre !!
L'Alsace-Lorraine devrait revenir à l'Allemagne.
@@julien.s2002 des sondages avait été réaliser en Alsace et en Lorraine ils on voulut définitivement rester français, donc non il devrait pas redevenir allemand
Anyone else get teary eyed listening to this?
I did
Everytime 🇫🇷 there is a huge massacre behind this chant..
Yes.
I did too
yeah, just seeing the depressing lyrics is saddening
As person from Romania I’m grateful for the fierce bravery of the French people and their help to Romania during ww1 , giving us equipment , training and generals and helping us achive our 3 most important wins during ww1 , as for ww2 they might have lacked during the start , the french resistance helped a lot with the western campaigns during 44-45 and im proud to call France an ally
Peace and love from your eastern most latin brothers🇷🇴❤️🇫🇷
As a French i love Romania and Romanian people, many French soldier are today in Romania btw
MERCI!
vive la France et la patrie. Btw i am a romanian that lives in france right now
No more brother wars 🇩🇪❤️🇨🇵
Guerir notre nation. Siegen unser vaterland. Merci danke
We’re not brother, Just allied
Prussia has joined the chat
@@renator6465 we both came from the Frankish empire in a way
@@Reyob then here's to you the sword of Charlemagne
I get an overwhelming sense of patriotism when I listen to this, it brings tears to my eyes every time. I have French ancestors, I'm not calling myself French by any means, but I'm proud to have French blood in me!
Tu est le bienvenue
I feel motivated to join the Foreign Legion once I finnish Finnish conscript.
@@roskcity i go to the French legion in my 19 dat will be funny to see you
@@roskcity are you in the French Foreign Legion ?
@@ChachouLP No I need to finish Finland conscript service.
This song always gives me the chills, especially after learning the lyrics.
"Every man has two countries, his own and France."
Thomas Jefferson
What does that even mean 💀
@@River.E.M use context clues or something
@@MaximusSotelo it makes no sense though.
Sounds good, it is a shame that so many brave men have died at Verdun.
No more brother wars !
@Yu Hin TAM well, of course. During any war, :-)
@@МэкуйанскиЖэларёв Yeah gotta admit. Democracy is going South right now
@@МэкуйанскиЖэларёв what? Russia is expansionist and I can’t see why some people ignore the Russian threat. There are currently two big alliances in the world and the EU and Russia is on opposite sides.
Yeah and many idiots keeps making of France just because they surrendered in 1940
🇬🇷🇫🇷🇬🇷🇫🇷🇬🇷🇫🇷🇬🇷🇫🇷🇬🇷🇫🇷🇬🇷🇫🇷🇬🇷🇫🇷🇬🇷🇫🇷🇬🇷🇫🇷🇬🇷🇫🇷🇬🇷🇫🇷🇬🇷🇫🇷🇬🇷🇫🇷 VIVE LA FRANCE! ΕΛΛΑΣ-ΓΑΛΛΙΑ ΣΥΜΜΑΧΙΑ!
Vive la Grèce 💪💪
🇨🇵♥️🇬🇷vive la Grèce et vive la France !
👑✝️♥️☦️👑
👑🇨🇵🇦🇲🇬🇷👑
As an American I have the utmost respect for the people of France even though they surrendered to Germany in WW2 they managed to hold the line in WW1 and without the French my country would not have gained its independence from Great Britain Vive la France! 🇺🇸 🇫🇷
Vaunce a lot of us aren’t stupid but there are also a lot of us who are
You should know that France didn't surrender that easy, they had hold the lines, they sacrified their lives to let the british escape at Dunkerque and they have shot at them when they tried to join them after holding the lines, maybe they have surrender, but never retreated like cowards as british did. Do you know the history of the B1 Bis that stoped the advance of the germand army in the north of France ? THE battle that changed the course of the war of France, this one that conduct to the defeat, one only tank versus an army inviding his country.
@@thelegend4278 it's the dumb ones which are the loudest
@@Axeldu691 France however did not improve from ww1, and they were cocky af, they were no match with Germany
@@Axeldu691 Did you heard of the story of Stonne? A village taken many times by germans and french? One time, the french send 2 tanks: "L'eure" and "Riquewihr". The first faced 13 panzer lll and 2 anti-tank canons and the second killed many germans by rolling in the trench made by the ennemy,it was surnamed "boucher de stonne"(Stonne's Hooker)
Il n'y a aucun instrument mais l'écho formé par les voix lors du refrain est incroyable
The Battle of Verdun is arguably the worst single point of conflict in human history. It lasted from 21 February to 18 December 1916, the longest battle of the Great War. It is thought that 65 million shells were fired, many of them gas shells. A significant portion of these rounds never burst, and litter the fields to this day. Farmers in Verdun conduct an annual "Iron Harvest," where thousands of shells are disinterred by their plows. Some 42,000 acres of the field, the Red Zone, is off-limits to all human entrance due to high amounts of UXO and levels of arsenic, used in the shells' detonators, in excess of one thousand times the norm. Verdun was so hellish that a century later, the fields are still scarred by its impact.
Never again.
Verdun, Somme, Passchendaele was all Hell on Earth.
Lest We Forget🌹
A piece of Europe truly died at Verdun.
How can possibly two RC 1136 listen to that song, vode ?
I visited a few years the battlefield of the Chemin des Dames. The guide told us that these northern regions of France where WWI battlefield are the only ones in France to have permanent professional bomb disposal teams. Their motto "You only make one mistake". And they work every day, even now.
Years before that, I camped in a wood in a property where an artillery battle happened. Near the entrance of the property, there was a hangar with piles of disarmed unexploded shells. The EOD team came around once a month to disarm the unexploded shells that they'd find on this property and add them to the pile until they could be disposed off. And wherever you'd walk in these woods, a hundred years later, you'd still find little pieces of metal. Hundred years old shrapnells. It's kind of sobering.
You are both right and wrong ; The battle of Verdun was the longest battle of the great war, but it was also the longest battle in human history. Even Stalingrad wasn't as long, but it was deadlier.
Nice song 👍
Greetings from your Mediterranean allies
🇬🇷❤️🇲🇫
Ελλάς Γαλλία Συμμαχία
Vive la France
Είστε πιστοί φίλοι !
ισόβια :)
Vous aussi avez toujours sur dire OXI !
👑✝️♥️☦️👑
👑🇨🇵🇦🇲🇬🇷👑
Brotherly salutes from Serbia, we lost 30% of our population in WWI and previous wars(1912-1919), it's our "Great Patriotic War" in a way. Thank you brave France for all you did for us. We will always remember you as you once were.
I am French, and i feel really sad because our government recognize Kosovo as a country, while the French people know that is part of Serbia. Greetings to all our Serbian brothers, French people are always with you, we will never forget our ally we could trust the most in ww1. Vive la France et la Serbie ✝🇨🇵❤️🇷🇸✝
my dad told me a story about the nazi ambushing a wedding and bombing a church with planted explosives and a woman had her arms chopped off and this was in ww2
Serbia Romania and France
Unstoppable bond
🇷🇴❤🇷🇸❤🇨🇵
Respect Serbia from Israel! 🇮🇱❤️🇷🇸
On ne passe pas and Za Beograd i domovinu go hand in hand
This song is great and so is the country of France. (From USA) 🇺🇸🤝🇫🇷
Thank you maybe lot of people dont ike usa but you will stay good friends🇫🇷🤝🏻🇺🇸
Teacher: We are going to visit Verdun
Girls:Ew thats boring
Boys:
This meme is very good. It doesn’t make me laugh but it’s still good.
@@george9057 I disagree. This format has been done to death, and rarely do any versions of the joke add anything new, including this one.
VIVE LA FRANCE MES CAMARADE I'M FRENCH AND I'M FRENCH SOLDIER AND HAVE KILL 37 SIRIAN IN MY SERVICE
@@habitantdelempiretresdemoc3693 Je suis avec toi Soldat
@@lasdepique4805 merci je vous remercie pour votre compréhension
Respect to France, from across the pond. I will never forget your sacrifice. From 🇺🇸
Well I'm French and I've said something its weird we released you from the domination of the United Kingdom in addition you done the Statue of Liberty and now you insult us and then after you come tell us glory ah France you were chelou
fares il est entrain de dire qu’il nous respecte ta des problèmes psychiatriques ou quoi toi
Général la fayette:
🇨🇵🤜🤛🇺🇲
Thanks man. Huge respect to the ideal of the Founding Fathers, we love you too from across that big ass pond!
My family in France fought in that battle and many others and they have been forgotten for what happened in WW2 so seeing people talk highly of there sacrifices makes more of a difference than you can imagine
I got goosebumps listening to this song its so powerful.
The french army was the mainstay and the greatest baluard against the germans as long as we italians were against the austrians . This song alone like the italian la leggenda del Piave was better than a four star general...french soldiers were among the bravest during ww1. What Is remarkable Is that the Song Is so solemn and Epic at the same time that there Is no need of any instrument here...only the voice of the bravest french soldiers united in a common cause in pure perfectiion...
Vive la France
Greetings from Italy
Greeting from Illinois, USA! My parents have French blood pumping through their veins and I am a proud participant in this amalgamation of Polish, German, and French heritage that is my bloodline. Our histories have been ever intertwined since the beginning of this great nation, and we shall keep our destinies intertwined! VIVE LA FRANCE! 🇨🇵❤️🇺🇲
French Loyalty to the Fatherland is no doubt one of the most beautiful things to watch. Never have I ever seen any type of loyalty ever rival how French people will dedicate themselves to the protection of France.
its true
This was long before, nowadays, people in our country do all to make even French people to hate our history and country even if in our history, all is not so beautiful, but who does have only a beautiful history?
I even heard French people saying things like " oh we should give some part of our country to those people or those people", and much more.
The French loyalty to the motherland/fatherland doesn't exist anymore only for a little part of the population.
Young people say now "we won't fight for France, even if someone attack us"
@@Heoldu You are wrong, those people you are talking about, they aren't french, their are ignorants living with french papers, often leftists or immigrants. I'm speaking on behalf of youth in their 20s, seeing there names on memorials. The sacrifice will never be forgotten. Even if i'm the last man standing, I will stay loyal to the fatherland.
@@maximexc1299 I'm not wrong so because I said most of the French people.
All leftist plus immigrants represent the biggest part of French people so I'm absolutely good in what I'm saying, I'm from France if you didn't understood that
@@Heoldu People who hate France will never be French. No matters if they got papers or not.
I don't care if I'm the last my standing, screaming alone what a true French is, I'll not surrender.
It sure has been a while since the last time a song got me all teared up. This one hit me to my soul! France's role in WW1 is sadly so forgotten because of WW2, when in reality they never surrendered, having among the largest and strongest resistance movements in Europe. And in WW1 having 15% of the population become a casuality of the war. That is an unimaginable number of people injured, dead, disabled and forever traumatized by the horrors of that war. Those were truly huge losses unmatched in today's world, where the reality really was that almost every family had lost a father, a brother, a son, an uncle. Massive respect from Estonia! Wish we were like you, braver when we had to be the bravest! Vive la France!
Don't forget the scars of the wars..
Verdun, Ouradour-Sur-Glane, Villanova.. so much towns in France that were destroyed or had a difficult moment because of WW1 and WW2
The people suffered yes, my great grand father fought in Verdun, but they are not here anymore.. the cities have still the scars..
Thank you 🇫🇷🇪🇪
Merci de tout mon cœur Francis!
🇫🇷♥️🇪🇪
Sadly, lots of the bravest and fiercest we had are dead, otherwise we wouldn't be lead by cowards and traitors today. But the ones who are grateful and remember, will never forget, and will keep fighting.
Tears always come to my eyes, each I listen to this choir.
My Great Great Grandfather was a French infantryman during ww1, a lot of the friends he made on the front either ended up dead or maimed beyond repair. He was lucky to come out of that hell in one piece (at least physically). God bless the French nation, its sacrifices, and its people. Vive la République, Vive la France!
@@MBasu-km8by exactly ! you can't love the republic and France at the same time. It's two opposite things, since the 1st, 3rd and 5th french republic tried hard to destroy France.
For me, french history ended in 1815, with the last giant leader France knew.
@@MBasu-km8by j'emmerde la Monarchie les seuls personnes qui méritent mon respect son des Hommes providentiel et hormis Napoléon Bonapart de Charles De Gaulle il n'y en a pas eu tant que ça depuis ce dernier demi siècle en France
@@MBasu-km8by le seul roi qui a relevé le niveau (et comme par hazard il n'aimait pas la noblesse) après faut aller loins
@@lapinmalin8626 et pourtant Louis XIV n'était pas le plus grand roi que la France ait connue... Louis XV était plus populaire, et Louis XVI était déjà plus compétent que tous les dirigeants que la France aura connue au 20ème siècle...
Le fait est, que la monarchie reste le système de gouvernement le plus naturel, surtout pour des pays comme la France, avec une longue histoire et de très fortes traditions.
La République n'a apporté que carnages sur carnages et s'est imposée contre la volonté du peuple, et a dû tirer sur la foule pour s'imposer
Tu emmerdes la monarchie, mais n'oublie pas que c'est elle qui a façonné la France, pas la République. La République ne représente que le déclin de notre pays
@@T60601
Plus compétent que Napoléon il a dit l'autre
If you want to imagine how bloody Verdun was: every French person has lost at least one relative in this tragedy.
Honor to the one who gave their lives for the homeland.
Respect from Italy 🇮🇹 ❤️ 🇫🇷
Les Français sont probablement l'un des rares peuples d'Europe occidentale à lutter contre le mal. Vous pouvez parler sans cesse de l'honneur des Français. Vous êtes de vrais guerriers et héros. Avec le plus grand respect de la Russie, mes frères! 🇷🇺 🤝 🇫🇷
Je vous adore les Russes, nous étions ennemis avec Napoléon, mais les deux guerres mondiales nous ont rapprochés 🇫🇷💪🇷🇺
Et comparé aux Anglophones vous vous êtes jamais moqué la bataille de France en 1940 et vous respecter notre Histoire, culture, langue et peuple 🧡
VIVE LA RUSSIE VIVE LA FRANCE 🧡🧡🧡🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🧡💪🧡🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🧡🧡🧡
Vive la Russie 🇨🇵🤝🇷🇺
Merci camarade! Gloire à la Russie!
@@Diegomax22 on étais ennemie mais il y a eu un moment pendant les guerre napoléonienne nous étions ami avec la Russie , Napoléon a déclaré la guerre a la Russie parce que la Russie pouvais pas continuer de respecter le blocus contre les anglais
@Murat Aubakir je suis désolée mais l'Algérie était français mais il se sont et en France on appelle ça des traîtres donc estimé vous heureux que M.deGaule était la parceque je pense que l'histoire serait très différents
Mind-blowing fact: In ww1, France had 1.4 M soldiers dead (1.398 M to be precise) - that's more than all the US soldiers killed at war in the whole history of the USA (1776-2023) - and I count the US civil war in which both sides were Americans!
It's even more shocking if you consider that a large number of these US military deaths were endured while the USA had a much bigger population than France in ww1 (France had a population somewhere between 39.5 M and 41.5 M, in 1914 (I've seen different estimates)).
US soldiers dead at war:
US civil war: between ~620 k and ~750 k deads (probably around 655 k)
ww2: ~407 k
ww1: ~116 k
Vietnam: ~58 k (47.4 k directly in combat)
The other wars have much smaller numbers of deads and are kind of negligible compared to the numbers of these.
Damm
To try to understand the impact of WWI on the country, go in rural France. In almost every villages, there is a monument with the names of the soldiers killed during the war.
Even in very small villages, you can read 10 or 15 names, sometime 2, 3, 4 or 5 of the same family...
@@MajorDenisBloodnok i come from a tiny village in southern France, barely 450 people live there, there are around 20 names on that monument
@@deneguil-1618 in a village of around 500 people, there is like 40-50 name. And people still don't understand the surprising surrender of 1940.
i have great respect for france. Our wars were one of legend 2 super powers fighting across all 4 corners of the globe the whale and the elephant, one master of land one of the sea. one could compare it to Greek mythology!
LOVE FROM BRITAIN
Long live our beautiful countries! We couldn't have wish for greater rivals, our long-term rivalry and recent brotherhood are truly legendary!
Lots of love and respect from France 🇫🇷
@@dameanebulia In my opinion france and britain have an obligation to the world to show the greatest of rivals can become the closest of allies.
Its why i hate the pettiness of us sending warships to the dependencies and france threating to cut power to them!
Note: when i lived in london and any time i passed the charles de gaulle statue i gave him a nod of respect!
@Paul Hastings1066 I need to make my way to Normandy it hosts the graves of some our kings from William the conquer to Richard the lionheart!
Respect to soldiers
Whichever side they’re on
There were just people reciving orders from the gouverment
Love to France from Serbia, both of our nations fought HARD against the Švabas in the world wars. The governments in WW2 may have surrendered quickly but the people definitely did NOT!
Allies forever! 🇷🇸💖🇫🇷
love serbian people greeting from france
Greetings from Serbia, we used to be allies in WWI. Our people still cherish good memories regarding France and her help in WWI.
je suis désolé que mon pays s est laissé influencé par les américain pour la guerre de Bosnie , j ai honte !!
Živela Srbija, Viva la Serbie
As an English man, its a stunning song. VIVE LA FRANCE 🇫🇷
La Meuse: "Halte là! On ne passe pas !"
Il Piave:"Non passa lo Straniero!"
🇮🇹❤️🇨🇵
Viva la France, from a full blood German from Berlin!🇩🇪🇫🇷
;)
Your welcome German Kamerad Longue vie à l'Allemagne. Lang lebe Deutschland in French. :)
🇩🇪🤝🇨🇵
Danke Europeanischen Kameraden.
Österreicher hier!
Vive*
When people make fun of France for surrendering, or any country’s military shortcomings, it’s a blatant disrespect to the soldiers fighting for the country in what was basically hell on earth, giving their lives to protect their homeland and losing their friends in the process. Many people died in these wars, and just because their government made a decision that you felt was wrong doesn’t immediately make the soldiers cowards. In fact, if you dig deep, you will find that some of these were justified. Vietnam for example, the US soldiers were bravely fighting and even winning, but only withdrew because of pressure from the people. France in WW2 surrendered because they lost their entire army at Dunkirk, and if they had continued fighting, it would have resulted in much more unnecessary bloodshed. Respect the militaries of nations who bravely fought to defend your freedoms. Don’t discredit their sacrifice because of one action.
I absolutely agree with you!
Let's not forget that the French soldiers during WW2 waited for the order of a General and not the order of the cowards to surrender ! Take for example the Maginot Line, the Germans were not able to go in, in fact the French soldiers were repelling them while being surrounded and outnumbered and were planning to blow themselves together with the Line AND the Germans.
Remember that the people making these kinds of jokes will never enlist themselves in their nation's military, they will never have the balls to put their own lives on the line, to die for their people despite the politics. They can sit there on their keyboards making these jokes, so brave in the comfort of their homes.
@@rrows5803 'Take for example the Maginot Line, the Germans were not able to go in, in fact the French soldiers were repelling them while being surrounded and outnumbered and were planning to blow themselves together with the Line AND the Germans.' I have no doubt that the Maginot line held well, considering it WAS the heaviest defended line at the time. But you're a liar.
The French soldiers in the Maginot line surrendered to the Germans after news of the German Army had entered Paris had arrived. There was no plan to blow themselves up, or the Line. The held, they lost. Stop making up myths about history to make your country seem better then it actually was.
France has the most victories of the History
As an American, I have a huge amount of respect for France. This battle alone is one of the reasons why I respect them, honestly.
That time we beat a dutch fleet only using cavalry was also pretty cool
Vive la France, du Québec! D'un océan écho un encouragement qui rage depuis des siècles! Les Québécois aime leurs France. La patrie nous appelle, je sens les champs et le ciel de France m'appeller. Je tends à retourner en tant que québécois à vivre et mourrir pour la métropole, pour ma patrie.
Elle en a bien b’soin vu l’état.
Un jour le Québec sera libre.
Vivement la libération du Québec.
Welp,I'm gonna just say: *VIVE LA FRANCE!* 🇵🇱❤🇫🇷
Cześć 👋 🇨🇵
@@zdk529 It's Pole.
@@zdk529 gotta go to school to learn flags fam
Vive la Polska
🇨🇵🤝❤️🇵🇱a mes frères polonais !!
I understand many from my country don't appreciate France and treat it as a joke but I have nothing but respect for how brave the French were is both World Wars. Love from the United States. 🇺🇸.
There have been 53 major conflicts in Europe. France will have been belligerent in 49 of them, and the United Kingdom in 43. Of the 185 battles that France has fought over the last 800 years, its armies will have won 132, and lost 43, leaving only 10 indecisive battles. Thus giving the French military the record of victories in Europe and therefore in the world. France is the nation that has participated in the greatest number of wars and battles throughout the history of mankind. - In the last 800 years, France has beaten over 200 against England, over 150 against Germanic nations, over 190 against Spanish/Portuguese, and against many other nations. Very often these wars were fought against France, which outnumbered the coalitions of several nations aimed at destroying it. France, a warrior nation par excellence, we still study today the strategies deployed by these generals, in particular the campaigns of Napoleon Bonaparte. On all lands and all continents, France has shown the world what it is worth in the fight. But France is also the one that colonized England in 1066, this country francized for centuries to the point that 40% of English words are of French origin. It is the Daughter Nation of the Church, because the first Barbarian King of Europe to convert is none other than Clovis I, King of the Franks, it is therefore the protector of Christianity, even within its national borders one feels fate. The one who dismantled the 900 year old Holy Roman Empire. Allow Germany to be born 65 years later. The one who allowed the independence of the USA by fighting in America against the English. The country of "Dynasties" Many European kings have French ancestors. - Under Saint Louis, France is the richest and most populous country in Europe as well as the most intellectually and artistically developed, influencing all of Europe. - . The one that dominated Europe for several centuries, making its royal court the most popular and appreciated by the Kings of Europe. These remarkable achievements help explain another French military victory. Whether ranks (general, captain, corporal, lieutenant...); equipment (spear, mine, bayonet, epaulette, trench...); organization (volunteer, regiment, soldier, barracks...) or strategy (army, camouflage, combat, esprit de corps, reconnaissance...), the language of war is written in a single language: French."
A hauntingly beautiful song, it brings forth emotions that one did not know were there.
wath happen when other Nations insult or invade our country we feel so angry sad and we want to fight fo our country it's really powerful Vive La France💙. France forever
🟦⬜🟥
Most French military song are like that.
Slow paced, little to no music and respectful to war rather than jolly about it.
It's a style, some like it other doesn't. It differ from Germans and English that are usually more cheerful. I would say that Russians are more like French too.
“Le patriotisme, c'est aimer son pays. Le nationalisme, c'est détester celui des autres.”
Charles de Gaulle
oui, dans le contexte d'avant, il ne dirait pas ça aujourd'hui.
@@elkheyou4061 This khey
@@elkheyou4061 il dirais quoi aujourd'hui ?
Aujourd'hui il reprendrais sa phrase "il ne faut pas que Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises devienne Colombey-les-Deux-Mosquées"
@@bombojack5893 Le cauchemar
Everyone : Haha France baguette surrender
France : *HALTE LÀ ! ON NE PASSE PAS !*
Hahaha perfect
Got here so early that no land has been lost or gained.
Congratulations for your national holiday on 14th July France from your friends in Germany
The same to you. I have more than one friend over there :)
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Ironic, but no more brother wars🇫🇷🤝🇩🇪
Was at Verdun with my schoolclass. Many had no respect, not properly dressed they made selfies with the bones of the fallen in the background, I feel ashamed.
Should brave kicked their asses. I would have fuck the legal consequences.
Nie wieder Bruderkrieg, nie wieder Verdun. Es lebe die deutsch-französische Freundschaft! Des saluts mieux de l'Allemagne à la France!🇩🇪🇫🇷🇪🇺
Long live Deutschland, long live France!
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Sauron Mordor Plus jamais la guerre des frères, plus jamais un Verdun. Vive l'amitié franco-allemand!
Lovely to see fellow Europeans coming together
In varietate concordia
Diese Kriege waren Bürgerkriege, die zum Niedergang Europas beitrugen. Nie wieder. Hallo aus Frankreich.
Respect from Ireland 🇮🇪 🇫🇷
merci
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@@Valermoz ;à
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love Ireland, a real symbol of revolution!greetings
A chaque fois que j’écoute cette chanson j’ai des frissons, ce chant est puissant et si patriotique
Des larmes et des frissons. Quelle fierté d'être un enfant de ce merveilleux pays. Puissons-nous redonner à nos compatriotes l'envie de célébrer la gloire passée (et de préparer celle future) de notre belle terre de France
I just hate it when someone slanders about France during WWII for losing the Battle of France even tho the French had the most Battles won from the Middle Ages to Napoleon, the French even provided Troops, Supplies, Weapons, and other means of Support to the Americans in the Revolutionary war, and even in WWII after the Battle of France the French continued to fight
I've listened to this dozens of times, this is the first time its brought my to tears. God bless these men, may they find peace and rest
I'm not Close on being French.
But as a Swede and fellow European, i Still feel during this song. War is in My blood aswell since My great grandfather and most of my family fought in the Finnish Winter/continuation War against Communism.
Me myself hasn't seen Combat, but i have grown Up hearing about it all and i feel like a patriot for any nation that believe and loves it! I don't want to live in a world without WW2 veterans, so i feel like My job Will have to be to never let My great grandfather (and grandfathers) stories be Lost in time
Nationalism is a Beautiful thing. Loving your nation is not a bad thing
We are the same civilization, the greatest civilization, each European nations must be celebrated.
Nationalism is loving your nation and believing that all nations should govern themselves.
If that was respected, WW1 and WW2, would had never happened.
WW1 was caused by the greed of multinational Empires, that cared little for nations.
WW2 was caused by the greed of one nation, who thought it could colonize the others.
Today, we still pay the price for this.
Sweden was one of the rare nations that didn't took part to this madness.
I've not got a single drop of French blood in me (In fact, I have more Germanic), yet I feel very patriotic for France. I do plan on visiting Verdun and doing research at some point in my future.
This is the French civic patriotism. If you subscribe to the values of the Republic, you are a citizen.
Frenchie in the trenchie
I’ve been call ok boomer like 50 now
СССР anthems no you ok boomer
@@MBasu-km8by But if you see him everywhere, does that mean that you are everywhere as well ?
eat your cereal
eat your fries
The more I hear the French language, the more I want to be able to speak and understand it.
Same here I mainly want to because dna Wise I am French
Vinny Lilly , practice everyday and you'll be able to do it :)
Greeting from Paris
Alsace Moselle is French and will always stay French
Very nice military song from nice people. Love France from Greece 🇬🇷❤️🇨🇵
Greece has invented Democracy and Republic, We (France) just improve it ;) Allied/Friends for ever ;)
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Vive la France et vive l'amitié russo-française. Une amitié forte et durable entre nos pays et nos peuples. La Russie aime la France et la culture française. Salutations de Russie 🇷🇺🇲🇫
Ouais, dommage que pour le moment ce soit pas trop ça hein.... (en espérant que ça aille meiux un jour)
Oui surtout dommage que la France, sa culture et tout ce qui l'accompagne est voué à disparaître lol... Je laisse 50 ans max
En France il y a beaucoup de personnes qui n'aiment pas la France soyer un peu patriotique et si vous n'aimez pas la France allez-vous-en
exactement
J'aime ma France!! il faut se réveiller avant qu'il ne soit trop tard!
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