Why was France unable to defeat Great Britain?
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Why was France unable to defeat Great Britain?
Even so, the problem was the same as in 1798: to cross the Channel, the French had to have control of the sea. Still far inferior to the British navy, the French fleet needed the help of the Spanish, and even then the two fleets together could not hope to defeat more than one of the British squadrons.
How did the French lose against the British?
The Seven Years’ War ended with the signing of the treaties of Hubertusburg and Paris in February 1763. In the Treaty of Paris, France lost all claims to Canada and gave Louisiana to Spain, while Britain received Spanish Florida, Upper Canada, and various French holdings overseas.
Why did the French lost the 7 Years war?
Why were France and Britain so weak in WW2?
Simply because they were not truly prepared for war. This was because, in 1939, both France and Britain were massive colonial powers and were seen as the two most powerful countries in the world. France had the largest army in Europe while the British Navy was the most powerful naval force in the world.
How did defeatism affect the French in WW1?
[D]efeatism [among] the French… the memories of how France had been bled white in the First World War… the realization by mid-September that the Polish armies were so badly defeated that the Germans would soon be able to move superior forces to the west… the fear of German superiority in arms and in the air.
Why did the British and French go to war with Poland?
France had the largest army in Europe while the British Navy was the most powerful naval force in the world. Facing two of the most powerful countries in the world would seem like suicide and the British and French thought that this would stop the German expansion and threatened to go to war should Poland be invaded.
Why did France not attack Germany in September WW2?
Indeed, the French government had insisted from the start that the British Air Force should not bomb targets in Germany for fear of reprisal on French factories. Fundamentally the answer to the question of why France did not attack Germany in September was probably best stated by Churchill.