Who would win? 1942 Germany vs. 2001 France?

[C0ckney]

Originally posted by notyoueither
France with Zhidane and Henri should be able to take most other countries, most days.

as they proved in the 2002 world cup

btw the garman team of 1942 would have been amazing (assuming no ww2), since they had the best austrian players in their team as well after 1938, and austria were pretty good back then.

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by cyclotron7
French have nukes. No contest.

I agree. Germany wins hands down. I doubt Chirac could push the button before the surrender gene kicked in.

[Pekka]

France wins if they use FFL...

[Admiral]

Germany could not possibly win, for they were completely unequiped to deal with missiles. France would have air superiority from the beginning, and could use that to destroy German communicationsand support, so that the German army would be isolated, and easily defeatable. Nukes do not have to be involved.

[yaroslav]

That can't be serious.

France's army, believe it or not, is currently one of the most modern armies in the world. Their tanks, their planes, their training, all their weapons are MUCH better than Nazi's german.

Now, taking the topic to where it should be from a beggining, football,it's a much harder question. On one hand France has Zidane, Henri and a lot of very good players, on the other Germany is... well, she is Germany, and you know what Valdano said about football:

"A game where eleven men fights against other eleven mens and germany wins"

So, it's very difficult to say

[chequita guevara]

What a stupid poll.

[Shi Huangdi]

What you guys are missing out on is that France would be unable to use their weapons before they surrendered.

[GePap]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
What a stupid poll.

It gives the francophobes their sad, pathetic moment in the sun.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by GePap
It gives the francophobes their sad, pathetic moment in the sun.

I know. Sad really. Without France, there'd be no United States. Oh well. France is our third largest foreign investor. They directly employ three quarters of a million Americans. But what the hell, let's just hate on them.

[C0ckney]

be proud of your english heritage, hate the french!

[Evil Knevil]

I bet you could attach a couple of magnets to General Lafayette and run the Eastern Seaboard with him spinning in his grave.

"Spinning in his Grave like a Dynamo".

Stupid poll.

[Shi Huangdi]

I love it how the leftists lose any shred of a sense of humor whenever someone mentions France.

[GePap]

Originally posted by Shi Huangdi
I love it how the leftists lose any shred of a sense of humor whenever someone mentions France.

Yeah. lets make a poll about the US and see those laughing righties!

Please. if this is your idea of humor, you have problems.

[Evil Knevil]

It's not funny anymore. When I was ten I laughed at French surrender jokes. Okay, laugh at other things, yes those bas***** smell. Yes they're unbelievably arrogant......

But the whole surrender thing has grown really old, really fast. Should I actually list France's great military history? (beats your fricken history in any case)

This is like jokes about GWB being unable to pronounce words properly, that went out in 1990 with his dad!

[Whaleboy]

Nukes, airforce, body armour, effective tanks.

At the risk of being monotonous, I side with the French