The best French leader to ever live

Here's another WW1 war hero that would have made a better leader than Pétain, or any French leader after Clemenceau before the outbreak of WW2.
>led the entire allied forces during the Hundred Days Offensive which led to the Central Powers' defeat
>wanted to break Germany into several client states each administered by a great power, which would have effectively prevented WW2
>Georges Clemenceau listened to his British counterpart, Lloyd George instead which led to the Treaty of Versailles being what it was
>he is quoted as saying "This is not a peace. It is an armistice for twenty years." after learning the outcome, effectively predicting WW2

WW2 was caused by British and French leniency. Both countries let Germany have its way, being too scared of going to war with them. They let Germany militarise, let Hitler have Sudetenland and Austria which emboldened him, and France didn't modernise its military forces properly, believing that there would never be a conflict on the scale of WW1 again. All of this could have been avoided if France had been led by a soldier, a military man like pic related, who knew of the specificities of war and wasn't fooled by Germany's tricks.

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>two German states want to peacefully unite
>this should not be allowed because it triggers France

No. Because united Germany always meant bad news for the whole continent, and the whole world.

>>two German states want to peacefully unite

Yup, one more for my collection

The Anschluss was a violation of the treaty of Versailles, France and Britain should have gone to war with Germany then DESU

Quebec blocks your path.

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Easy to say now in hindsight, but when it's less than 20 years after the most horrific war in human history I can see why the French and British wanted to avoid another conflict. Most of the people in decision making positions saw the battles of WWI first hand and decided that war should be an absolute last resort

Foch called the treaty right after it was signed "peace for twenty years". He knew what would happen right from the start and nobody listened.

based and redpilled
basé et rougepillulé

Which is exactly why it's so important that people LEARN FROM HISTORY. If cowards like Daladier or Chamberlain had read some Machiavelli (really, how does one become a politician without passing knowledge of the guy), they'd know that you either leave your enemy unharmed or destroyed. You never harm him enough to piss him off but not enough to cripple him.
>Inb4 Machiavelli was satire
A meme for which we have no evidence made up by weenies who refuse to wake up and smell the coffee.
>B-But muh millions of dead ;__;
Yeah, and their cowardice was rewarded with another few million dead. Good job.
Universal suffrage and the abolition of conscription were mistakes.

lived*

he dead

>they'd know that you either leave your enemy unharmed or destroyed.
>leave your enemy unharmed
If anything they should had balkanized g*rmany

Correct. Leaving Germany unharmed was simply not an option after the largest war in human history (up to that point) which squarely came down to German agression. In the face of German nationalism, there could be no congress of Vienna. 1871 being undone would be the best option for everyone, even the Germans themselves. In that timeline Hitler would forevermore remain a frustrated artist. Hell, he'd even make something of his life instead of becoming a dictator who becomes the secular devil.