Here's an article translated from a French infantryman. People dog the French, but their military has always been very different from the populous. This is an example.
http://serendipity.ruwenzori.net/in...through-the-eyes-of-a-french-omlt-infantryman
http://serendipity.ruwenzori.net/in...through-the-eyes-of-a-french-omlt-infantryman