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Europe is the birthplace of maritime civilization and has historically had a global influence.
Now it can also occupy a place in the world, EU countries are warming up, NATO is complicit, and the two P5 countries are Britain and the United States.
But they seem to be a harmonious mess, but they fight openly and secretly, taking France and Britain, two old neighbors have fought from ancient times to the present, and France is always bullied by Britain.
So is France now beating Britain? And which countries are France afraid of?
Britain and the United States love and kill each other
If Britain and France are put together, many people will think that the two countries are small partners who often do not do business, and have joined hands many times in history, engaged in colonial expansion everywhere, ran to Asia to burn the Old Summer Palace, went to the Black Sea to beat Tsarist Russia, and fought with the German-Austrian coalition on the mainland.
Whether it is a bad thing or a good thing, it seems that the two little friends are quite united, but they don't know that loving each other is only the appearance, and killing each other is the norm. Especially in the minds of the French, Britain has always been their enemy. Looking at the history of humiliation in France, it must have been Britain that brought disaster to them from beginning to end.
There was the Hundred Years' War between England and France, and then there was the anti-French alliance during the Napoleonic period, Joan of Arc tied to the stake and Napoleon imprisoned on St. Helena were all given by England.
So if France were to rank the most hated country, it would be Britain.
Even in modern times, Britain and France formed an alliance, France was still bullied by Britain, and during World War I, young people in France struggled to fight Germany in Europe, finally exhausted Germany, and when they returned home, they did not enjoy the joy of victory for a few days before they ushered in the British rebellion.
France finally won the war and wanted to weaken Germany fiercely, but Britain advocated continental balance, lest France become strong and pose a threat to itself, and opposed France's complete weakening of Germany. This matter rests on France, how to think and feel aggrieved.
In the face of Britain's ugliness, France did not think of fighting back to govern Britain, but it was helpless to be equal to Britain's strength, and if it wanted to fight, it was nothing more than a defeat.
Now the United Kingdom and the United States are equal
So what is the situation of the power of France and Britain? We can compare it in terms of political influence, economic development and military strength.
Historically, both countries had vast colonies overseas, and even after World War II, when colonial countries rebelled and overthrew the rule of these imperialist countries, the two old colonial powers, Britain and France, still had some influence in their former colonies.
French influence is mainly in Europe and Africa, while British influence is spread all over the world.
Historically, Europeans were proud to speak French, but now many parts of the globe are English-speaking countries, such as Australia, North America, South America, West Asia and South Asia. So in terms of political language influence, Britain is superior.
From an economic point of view, Britain and France occupy the sixth and seventh positions in the world economy respectively, the United Kingdom has a total GDP of 3 trillion, while France only has 2.8 trillion, and the British currency is more influential than the French currency, the French currency is mostly circulated in African countries, and the British currency is mostly circulating around the world.
So far, Britain is still in control, but compared with military and scientific and technological forces, Britain is slightly inferior.
This may be unbelievable, after all, France surrendered shortly after the start of World War II, and Britain carried the whole war until the end of the war, and because of this, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was able to smoke cigars and sit with Roosevelt and Stalin in a victorious pose.
But it has to be said that Britain is indeed a little complacent, and after World War II, its relationship with the United States began to sit and enjoy.
As early as the period of exploration, Britain had invaded North America, where the United States is now located, as its colony, and later it was the British who declared independence and established a new country, so Britain and the United States are very similar in terms of ideological traditions and cultural concepts, which also promotes the willingness of the two countries to share scientific and technological achievements.
Later, with the strength of the United States, Britain gradually became a junior brother dependent on the United States, and when it needed to fight for certain interests, the United States also needed to intervene, but the consequence was that Britain began to not pay attention to the development of its own military strength.
After a sluggish period after World War II, France began to catch up under the leadership of President Charles de Gaulle, vigorously develop industry and military, and can also be proud in front of Britain.
The only one who can beat France is Tong
By comparing political influence, economy and military, we can see that France and Britain are strong and weak, although they can't take much advantage of fighting Britain, but they will no longer be by Britain riding on the neck.
So does France have a country to fear? In other words, which countries can easily beat France?
The answer is obvious: the only countries that can defeat France on a global scale are China, Russia and the United States.
At present, the most direct comparison between major powers is still the military contest, China, Russia and the United States have a fairly complete military industrial system, and have a wealth of advanced weapons intellectual property rights, because of the existence of these three countries, France can only rank fourth in the world's military strength ranking.
Especially after the United Kingdom withdrew from the EU club, France's strength in the EU countries has firmly ranked first, and coupled with the strength of the EU, it can naturally occupy a place in the world.
Some people say that in the EU club, Germany has more say than France, but this is not the case, because France is still one of the five permanent members of the United Nations, if it comes to Germany's national problems, Germany may also look at France's face.
Moreover, Germany, as the source of two world wars, as a "defeated general", military development has been suppressed by the world, France is different, is the victor of two world wars, there is no factor limiting military development, and France already has nuclear weapons and long-range delivery capabilities for nuclear weapons, which makes France and Germany in the new era invincible.
Therefore, from the current point of view, France can also shout two voices in the international community, and the words are weighty.
But France should also have its own concerns, that is, internal peace is not good, through the introduction of the population to solve the labor problem, but led to the increase in the number of ethnic minorities, the expansion of social divisions, and then affect the social stability of the country.
If the internal contradictions cannot be resolved in time, when external enemies come to invade, even Britain, Germany, and even countries with worse strength than Britain and Germany can easily invade France.