One could argue that if the primary purpose of a government is to protect the lives and wellbeing of its people then the French course of action in WWII was far superior to that in WWI, given that, as a percentage of the pre-war population, French casualties in WWII were roughly a third of the WWI figures. There were certainly terrible consequences of French capitulation, but there’s no reason to believe similar or worse outcomes wouldn’t have resulted from putting up greater resistance.
One could argue that if the primary purpose of a government is to protect the lives and wellbeing of its people then the French course of action in WWII was far superior to that in WWI, given that, as a percentage of the pre-war population, French casualties in WWII were roughly a third of the WWI figures. There were certainly terrible consequences of French capitulation, but there’s no reason to believe similar or worse outcomes wouldn’t have resulted from putting up greater resistance.