The French soldiery, (and air force) by and large fought well and bravely in 1940.

Their strategy and leadership let them down.

Moggy

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Yes and no. 1st, antisemitic etc. feelings were quite strong (media related) . The famous author Louis Ferdinand Celine for ex was fascist or so.
2nd, WWII started only 20 years after WWI massacre (1.7 million dead, the country half destroyed etc.). General feeling was “never more” But you are right, strategy was terrible…
I feel quite comfortable as former military and grandson of an officer that earned 6 stars during WWI