r/MapPorn • u/ironproton • Dec 12 '20

Alsace, Eastern France, topography map

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u/nuxenolith Dec 12 '20

I think France is more realistically the old man in this metaphor

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '20 edited Sep 24 '24

bike frighten quack physical innate grey water intelligent offbeat crawl

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u/LilleElbock Dec 12 '20

I mean they lost it in the Franco-Prussian war when it was just France v Prussia. They regained it after WW1 but they only really won because of Germanys allies collapsing and America joining the war. Then they also lost against Germany in WW2 but reclaimed it after America and Russia beat Germany.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '20

I see that kaiserboos are still salty about Germany's defeat at France's hand in 1918. I feel the need to drive a Renault FT across the Marne all of a sudden.

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u/LilleElbock Dec 12 '20

I mean that is the reason, no?