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The story is that Paris was taken in 6 hours, and that's often used to mock the French for not resisting much. The truth is that Paris wasn't damaged in the way London or Berlin were in WW2. Seems like a decent tradeoff in the end.
I know what “the joke” is, and it’s always been dumb.