James Holland

And that's a big miscalculation.

Of war.

Of war. 100% they are. Because France has been totally traumatized by the First World War. It's fought on their land. It's fought in their industrial heartland. They lose three times the amount of people killed that Britain does. Britain's traumatized by it, but not to the same degree that France is. There is just no stomach to do that again. And so that makes them risk averse.

Of war. 100% they are. Because France has been totally traumatized by the First World War. It's fought on their land. It's fought in their industrial heartland. They lose three times the amount of people killed that Britain does. Britain's traumatized by it, but not to the same degree that France is. There is just no stomach to do that again. And so that makes them risk averse.

Of war. 100% they are. Because France has been totally traumatized by the First World War. It's fought on their land. It's fought in their industrial heartland. They lose three times the amount of people killed that Britain does. Britain's traumatized by it, but not to the same degree that France is. There is just no stomach to do that again. And so that makes them risk averse.

100% they are.

Because France has been totally traumatized by the First World War.

It's fought on their land.

It's fought in their industrial heartland.

They lose three times the amount of people killed that Britain does.

Britain's traumatized by it, but not to the same degree that France is.

There is just no stomach to do that again.

And so that makes them risk averse.

And by being risk averse, you're actually taking a far greater risk. That's the irony of it. And the truth is also there isn't the political will. And a successful military can only be successful if there is a political will at the top. And the problem with France in the 1930s is it's very politically divided. It's a time of multiple governments, multiple prime ministers, coalition governments.

And by being risk averse, you're actually taking a far greater risk. That's the irony of it. And the truth is also there isn't the political will. And a successful military can only be successful if there is a political will at the top. And the problem with France in the 1930s is it's very politically divided. It's a time of multiple governments, multiple prime ministers, coalition governments.

And by being risk averse, you're actually taking a far greater risk. That's the irony of it. And the truth is also there isn't the political will. And a successful military can only be successful if there is a political will at the top. And the problem with France in the 1930s is it's very politically divided. It's a time of multiple governments, multiple prime ministers, coalition governments.

And by being risk averse, you're actually taking a far greater risk.

That's the irony of it.

And the truth is also there isn't the political will.

And a successful military can only be successful if there is a political will at the top.