As we all know, only the strong can win respect, the weak have no right to speak, refer to Japan to understand, after being subdued by the United States, now bowed to the knee, as if they were inferior. The same is true on the battlefield, how a unit is, depends on how they perform, if they are always like the Italian army, frantically surrendering, then the enemy will not be merciful, and the treatment is the worst, today we talk about the French troops that the German army respects the most.
In 1940, the Anglo-French coalition army was forced to Dunkirk by the German army, the number of up to more than 300,000, the continuous defeat of the coalition morale is low, the British want to retreat and repair, waiting for the opportunity to come back, so decided to withdraw by sea, to retain the living force, for the follow-up more fierce counter-offensive to accumulate strength, so the soldiers absolutely can not sacrifice, but the French army that retreated together at that time, the treatment was not very good.
The British intimidated the French soldiers by means, asking them to go out to the periphery to resist the Germans, so that they could retreat first. In this way, the First Army, composed of scattered soldiers and brave soldiers, the commander led everyone to garrison the defensive line, blocked the German army at the cost of his life, and resolutely could not retreat, using super willpower, dodging several waves of German shocks, and the two sides entered a stalemate. Later, the Germans requested support and expanded the size of the army again.
The First Army faced three times more German troops than itself, and they still had advanced weapons in their hands. In the face of a menacing enemy, the French army still did not yield, and insisted until the British army was completely withdrawn, and they laid down their arms and surrendered. At that time, the army was also almost exhausted, the casualties were also quite heavy, the scene was very tragic, and the German army saw it with great respect and gave it high respect.
As they walked en masse past the German troops, the soldiers lined up to salute, and no one laughed at the unit that had been held to the end, no one made trouble, and some even took the initiative to become friends with them. It can be said that the First Army, the most respected French army of the enemy in the entire Period of World War II, is not the same as the "nest bag" in the impression, and it should be known that the reputation of the French army is not very good.
France, as an army power, surrendered in less than 40 days in the face of the German offensive, the painstakingly built Maginot Line was useless, and Paris became the pocket of the enemy, which made the outside world feel speechless, and even the British looked down on France. So it was quite rare for a unit like the First Army to appear, and similarly there were French foreign troops.