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I’m French, my family has a lot of military members .

In the 80´s the threat was Russian tanks marching to Paris from East Germany. 12h away.

France is really aware of its place military speaking.

We know we can’t sustain a serious conflict with country armed like Russia for instance.

At the time the official plan was to sustain a Russian offensive for 3 days. And then either use nuke, or hope for allies /NATO force to be in a position to do something.

( those plan were for « USSR surprise attack » )

Right now, I have no idea .

But you make a good point. People in Europe still remember wars. It’s not a movie thing.