There were 53 major conflicts in Europe. France will have been a belligerent in 49 of them, and the United Kingdom in 43.
Of the 185 battles France has fought over the past 800 years, its armies will have won 132 of them, and will have lost 43, leaving only 10 undecided battles

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 war and battle throughout the history of mankind.

- Over the last 800 years France has beaten over 200 years against England, more than 150 years against the Germanic nations, more than 190 years against the Spaniards / Portuguese, and facing many other nations.

Often these wars were waged against France in numerical inferiority against coalitions of several nations aimed at destroying it.

France, a warlike nation par excellence, the strategies deployed by these generals are still studying today, notably the campaigns of Napoleon Bonaparte.

On all the Grounds and continents France has shown to the world what it was worth in combat.

- Battle of Auerstaedt (1806), 25,000 French against 60,000 Prussians, French Victoire
https://fr.wikipedia.org/g/wiki/Bataille_d%27Auerstaedt

- Battle of Patays to 1 against 6, Victoire Française. .
https://fr.wikipedia.org//wiki/Bataille_de_Patay_(1429)

- Fort Carillon, 3600 Francais against 18 000 English, Victoire Française.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bataille_de_Fort_Carillon

- Battle of the pyramids, 20 000 Fr against 50 000 Mamelukes, Victoire Française.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/rg/wiki/Bataille_des_Pyramides

- Austerlitz, 73 000 Fr against 86 000 Russians and Austrians, Victoire Française.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/g/wiki/Bataille_d%27Austerlitz

But it is also the battles of Bouvines, Verdun, Soissons, Marigan, Castillon, etc ...

And those of Prestige:

- the battle of Camerone, 62 French legionaries against 2000 Mexican.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bataille_de_Camerone

- Birk hakeim, 1 against 10, 3,700 French against 37,000 Germans / Italians.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/rg/wiki/Bataille_de_Bir_Hakeim

And so many others ...

But France is also the one that colonized England in 1066, that Francis country for centuries to the point that 40% of the English words are of French origin.

It is the Girl-eldest Nation of the Church, for the first barbarian King of Europe has been converted to nothing but Clovis I, King of the Franks, she is therefore the protector of Christianity, even in her national borders one feels destined for it.

The one that dismantled the Holy Roman Empire 900 years old. Allowing Germany to be born 65 years later.

That which allowed the independence of the USA by fighting in America against the English.

The Country of "Dynasties" Many European King have French ancestry.

- Under Saint-Louis, France is the richest and most populous country in Europe, and the most intellectually and artistically influenced in Europe.

- The Amerindians nicknamed the King of France the Great Onontio "the greatest mountain of the earth" at the end of the seven-year war, overwhelmed then with the French defeat and their fate throw at the hand of the English who will exterminate them thereafter.

The one that dominated Europe for several centuries making its royal court the most frequented and appreciated by the Kings of Europe.

The land of humanism and human rights and the first modern European democracy.

But France is still another thing:

- France is the second nation in the world to have done the most invention and discovery.

- It was the second largest colonial empire in the world, spanning all continents and oceans.

- It has the second biggest maritime space in the world behind the US and could legitimize certain areas, thus classifying it as the world's number one maritime possession through the globe.

- It is the largest nation in the European Union in terms of area.
- First European Agricultural Power and 4 th World.
- 4th world military power and 1 st European.
- 5th world economic power.
- Permanent member of the United Nations with the USA, Russia, China and England.
- 2 nd industrial and commercial power in Europe.

France is also the third country in the world to have manufactured the atomic bomb.
France is also a Spatial Power, the third nation to conquer Space, the largest space budget of the European agency.
France is also famous for its gastronomy all over the world.
France is also the first nation in terms of Art.


But it is also La Francophonie:

La Francophonie is the second language taught in the world. La Francophonie is made up of 49 countries around the world, grouped together as a permanent council of La Francophonie, which meets every two years.

- French is now the 5th most spoken language in the world with 274 million speakers
- French is the 3rd language of business in the world
- French is the 4th language of the Internet.

http://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2016/30/1469787077-image.jpg: This map represents the French colonial empire
http://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2016/30/1469787248-image.jpg: This one represents the 1st French Empire under Napoleon in 1812
http://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2016/30/1469787321-image.jpg: This one represents the Carolingian Empire under Charlemagne (ancestor of the French)
http://images.noelshack.com/fichiers/2016/30/1469787977-image.jpg: This map represents France under Louis XIV his sons being placed king of Spain and of Italy which will bring later to a great French descent on the throne of Spain