[apsec112]

"the way the French decided to fight German panzers with mounted cavalry in WWI"

Quick note: I think this is historically inaccurate. In World War One, the Germans had essentially no tanks, unlike the British and French. In World War II, there's a popular rumor that Polish (not French) cavalry forces charged German tanks at Krojanty, but this is itself a myth (the cavalry attack was against infantry, tanks arrived afterwards).

[YeGoblynQueenne]

>> In World War II, there's a popular rumor that Polish (not French) cavalry forces charged German tanks at Krojanty, but this is itself a myth (the cavalry attack was against infantry, tanks arrived afterwards).

Not just any cavalry- Polish winged hussars:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_hussars

Obviously, they could totally take a tank single-handedy, but they have now ascended into heaven to party with the Valkyries.

(It is known.)

[lifeisstillgood]

I did not know that about the cavalry charge occurring before tanks arrived (it is a little suicidal so is surprising)

[vonnik]

Sorry, that should have been WWII, you're right. Anyone who wishes to know more about France's lack of preparation for both wars should read the French historian Marc Bloch, who fought in both and died in the resistance. L'Etrange defaite is his great work.