https://www.isegoria.net/2023/06/france-had-suffered-great-devastation-in-world-war-i-and-did-not-want-to-fight-the-next-war-on-french-soil/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:05:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 https://www.isegoria.net/2023/06/france-had-suffered-great-devastation-in-world-war-i-and-did-not-want-to-fight-the-next-war-on-french-soil/comment-page-1/#comment-3612136 Lucklucky Fri, 23 Jun 2023 01:57:20 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=50137#comment-3612136 This was only possible because the French commander disastrously moved the mobile forces to the North and Belgium instead of leaving them as a mobile reserve.

]]> https://www.isegoria.net/2023/06/france-had-suffered-great-devastation-in-world-war-i-and-did-not-want-to-fight-the-next-war-on-french-soil/comment-page-1/#comment-3612081 Isegoria Thu, 22 Jun 2023 14:44:41 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=50137#comment-3612081 I’m reminded of St. Cyr’s Class of 1914.

]]> https://www.isegoria.net/2023/06/france-had-suffered-great-devastation-in-world-war-i-and-did-not-want-to-fight-the-next-war-on-french-soil/comment-page-1/#comment-3611918 Grasspunk Wed, 21 Jun 2023 18:06:06 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=50137#comment-3611918 Last time I was in the local church (rural SW France) I checked out the names on the World War I memorial. There were 20 or so dead from a population at the time of at most 300. What was striking was the last names that were no longer in the commune. A lot of families lost all their male heirs in the conflict.

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