Tired Of The American Sense of Humour.

I'm tired of the cheap slander that passes for American humour concerning the French.
The French have a rotten society. But the French are not cowards. Societies go rotten from the top down.

The man in the picture is one General Koenig, a French general(probably an Alsatian with that moniker).
In 1941 he was in comand of a fort at the Southern tip of the British 8th Army's Gazala Line.
He was under the authority of the 8th Army, and commanded 3600 Free French men.

Rommel went South and outflanked the line.
Two Panzer Divisions went into the British rear and cut communications.

Koenig and his men were isolated.
The Italian 'Trieste' Armoured Division and the 90th Light Panzers attacked them.
The Free French were therefore outnumbered 5 to 1 and were facing tanks.

They waited until the Axis tanks were at point-blank range, and then let them have it.

Over and over and over again.

Rommel recalled the elite 15th Panzer Division from behind British lines and threw it into the attack.

The Free French held the three axis divisions off for two weeks, until their ammunition and food ran out.

Koenig got on the radio to 8th Army and obtained permission to 'break out'.

On the night of the 10th June 1941, Koenig's men attacked.
2700 of them reached the British lines.

So let's hear no more anti-French bullshit.