French Army in World War I Puns

Québec interests me a lot, and so does World War I. While I have heard of French-Canadians fighting in World War I specifically under the British, there was really only 1 Unit (or Battalion?) of French-Canadians under the Canadian Expeditionary Force (essentially fighting under the British). Though why very few French-Canadians were fighting in France under the British Empire, was because of the cultural resentment.

As of the French, I heard that they were taking any able men to fight for the French cause during the war, especially foreigners, as this is evident from the French Foreign Legion. Even Americans, before 1917, were volunteering to fight under the French cause. However, I have yet to hear anything along the lines of French-Canadians volunteering to fight directly with their 'motherland' counterparts against the German invaders! However given the circumstances, I have a feeling it's possible it happened, which brings us to the title of this post!

The Polish Army in France formed in France under the command of General Władysław Sikorski (and hence sometimes known as Sikorski’s Army) on 6 October 1939 after the fall of Poland to Germany. France, a Polish ally, had formally declared war on Germany on 3 September 1939 in response to the invasion of Poland. France welcomed Polish refugees (as well as the Polish government-in-exile) and started organizing them into several military formations. About 85,000 Polish troops were in the process of being organized into fighting formations when Germany then invaded France. The army was partially destroyed in the hostilities, but over 20,000 soldiers were evacuated and formed a new Polish army in the United Kingdom. Comblessac, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France. 16 March 1940. Image taken by Władysław Jacek Prytyś. source: bag of dirt

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> The team chose the Advanced Combat Helmet, the current US Army standard that has been in use since 2002, and tested it against three helmets from World War I.The World War I helmets included the French 'Adrian' helmet, the German Stahlhelm helmet, and the American Brodie helmet.

> The ACH performed slightly better than the German and American WWI helmets, but the French Adrian helmet outperformed the three others, relaying around half the amount of pressure of the more modern helmet.

> The amount of pressure recorded by the sensors under the Adrian helmet were correlated with less than a one percent chance of internal bleeding in the brain, compared to around five percent chance for the other three helmets.

> 'The result is intriguing because the French helmet was manufactured using similar materials as its German and British counterparts, and even had a thinner wall,' Duke's Joost Op 't Eynde said in an interview with the university's website.

> 'The main difference is that the French helmet had a crest on top of its crown.

> 'With all of the modern materials and manufacturing capabilities we possess today, we should be able to make improvements in helmet design that protects from blast waves better than helmets today or 100 years ago.

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During the Great War, British Forces in the north sectors of Operation Michael managed to prevent a German breakthrough by utilising the German Defense-in-Depth tactics. Why couldn't or didn't the French use these tactics to delay or perhaps stop the German offensive from the Ardennes? Forests and Rivers make rather good defensive positions if utilised correctly, after all.

Was it due to poor planning, lack of coordination, poor tactics, surprise attack, or something else entirely?