People aren't taking the topic seriously because there isn't much to discuss here. Almost every nation on earth has a wikipedia page dedicated to their military history. If we wanted to, we could just look it up and find a list complied by people knowledgeable in the subject. However, seeing as this is a forum dedicated to entertainment, it's far more fun to shitpost and propagate stereotypes and tropes about nations which generally aren't true, hence the France, Italy and Austria bashing. Americans like bashing France because it's hilarious. The French are infinitely arrogant towards Americans and most Americans don't care whatsoever. We know the military history of France doesn't begin and end with WW2. But I'll be damned if it isn't funny. Italy is funny because they fucked up with Hitler, changed sides, and then continued to fuck up. Who cares what they've done throughout history because we can sit here and laugh all day without getting to any other subject. It's the same with anything else. Taking American banter seriously is like taking offense to a 'yo mama' joke. It's just based around being silly. This is why it annoys me when Europeans get up in arms about Americans getting facts wrong and joking around about European history. It just makes you look uptight and insecure. Get over it, nothing we say can change history. Might as well shoot the shit.