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Hi.
I am asking this question because I read the few threads on how to improve the British economy/ have a less steep British defense decline in the post-WW2 years up to the 70s.
One aspect that comes back and forth often is that the UK kept a too massive defense force (or actually the RN) in the early postwar period and as such had to pay a lot for increasingly obsolete equipment.
It was suggested that slashing the RN heavily early on and focusing on higher efficiency (such as withdrawing the oldest ships and finishing a few new modern ones) would lead to a somewhat better British economy and defense force.
So I was wondering, how differently did France manage her own defense in that time period, did she do some of the same mistakes the British did?