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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wichita" data-source="post: 1161602" data-attributes="member: 59727">A bit late in this very rugby discussion, but a generally-well accepted opinion amongst historians is that France reached its "natural frontiers" as Savoie and Nice opted to join France when Italy was founded in 1860 and that all subsequent wars were fought reluctantly by France because the French nation was well integrated and no territorial advantage was expected, contrary to central Europe where frontiers were uncertain up until now (see Czechoslovakian and Yugoslavian splits, Moldavia, Greece and Macedonia, ...)Colonial wars are obvious exceptions...</blockquote>