re: #263 Charles Johnson

I think it was brutal even by most standards before the war.

re: #264 HappyWarrior

France was drained after WWI. They lost a ghastly number of the young men, and I remember seeing a picture some memorial to those lost in war from a Military academy by Year of Graduation. One entire year was completely gone.

France had no fight left after WWI. I don’t blame them.