France was in so many wars

[Quasar44]

1600s and 1700s it seems France was fighting all of Europe and holding its own or in a stalemate


Utterly insane how many wars

War of Spanish succession
9 years war
7 years war
30 years war

Austrian succession


French army was so bad az

 

[defcon4]

1600s and 1700s it seems France was fighting all of Europe and holding its own or in a stalemate


Utterly insane how many wars

War of Spanish succession
9 years war
7 years war
30 years war

Austrian succession


French army was so bad az

Indeed. The French were a formidable super power. What happened to them? But the Spanish and the Dutch were formidable powers also on the sea.

 

[Zebra]

1600s and 1700s it seems France was fighting all of Europe and holding its own or in a stalemate


Utterly insane how many wars

War of Spanish succession
9 years war
7 years war
30 years war

Austrian succession


French army was so bad az

you are right there!

many wars, with France as the aggressor.

 

[todd down under]

Looks like they went limp wristed.

 

[Mushroom]

What happened to them?

They ate themselves in the French Revolution.

 

[whitehall]

Europe was in constant warfare pretty much for recorded history. If it wasn't tribal warfare between corrupt kingdoms it was a threat from Islamic hoards. The only thing that changed in the bloody 20th century was the weapons.

 

[Litwin]

1600s and 1700s it seems France was fighting all of Europe and holding its own or in a stalemate


Utterly insane how many wars

War of Spanish succession
9 years war
7 years war
30 years war

Austrian succession


French army was so bad az

The Crimean War (1853–1856) was a game-changing moment in World history.
It accelerated the collapse of the Moscow Empire , whose rulers inherited a Mongol-style system of absolute power and peasant slavery (serfdom).
Defeat in Crimea forced Muscovy’s rulers to liberate millions of serfs in 1861, unleashing massive city growth, modernization — but also irreversible instability.

Weakened and desperate for funds, the Moscow Empire sold Alaska to the United States in 1867.
That’s why Americans should care more about the Crimean War: it changed US map too.

Thread 'The History of Zouaves - France in the Crimean War and the Pont de l'Alma'

Apr 25, 2025

The Crimean war is an ill remembered conflict thank you for remembering. God Save the Queen
Do not forget that the zouaves owe their name to a tribe, the zouaras who very quickly pledged allegiance to the French in 1830 during the capture of Algiers. It was decided to create two battalions with these Muslim Tirbal soldiers and a Turkish-inspired uniform.The zouaves were quickly composed only of non-Muslim Frenchmen and the tribal warriors were poured into the Algerian skirmishers. Alongside the Zouaves, you also had the Turcos, in a different uniform (blue-gray) in fact Algerian...

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[CrusaderFrank]

1600s and 1700s it seems France was fighting all of Europe and holding its own or in a stalemate


Utterly insane how many wars

War of Spanish succession
9 years war
7 years war
30 years war

Austrian succession


French army was so bad az

In the 1800 the Rothschilds started financing their wars and that was the end of France