Of course we have the 55th, 71st and 2 armored divisions at Sedan, which fought until being destroyed. Or the French troops at Dunkirk, which fought the rearguard actions, which allowed the BEF to withdraw back for embarkation. And then even after France had lost its best troops, the bulk of its armor and all of Northern France they kept fighting and launching counter attacks until over half of France was overrun and most every active unit destroyed, shattered or encircled.Ted wrote:How about the fact that in '40, the French troops surrendered without giving up a fight?
The fact that the main thing that slowed down the German advance was traffic jams?
The only French troops which gave up without much of a fighter where the division inside the Maginot line. Not surprising since they lacked the equipment of a field army, being fortress troops.
If you swapped the BEF and the French Army in roles and sizes you'd have the same result. If you swapped in most other armies it would be worse.