You should probably not take memes about the French surrendering as gospel truth about their actual capabilities. They are a nuclear armed state, have been invo

You should probably not take memes about the French surrendering as gospel truth about their actual capabilities. They are a nuclear armed state, have been involved in Afghanistan and across North Africa for decades and in general are one of the more capable land armies in Europe. That said any army will always be planning for high intensity war, and also for low intensity war, and also for small scale anti-insurgency ops, and also for protecting national interests abroad, etc etc etc. Preparation for that is a key element of any army.