User blog comment:Deathblade 100/Superhuman Slayers: Zombies vs French Foreign Legion/@comment-5043545-20160322015825/@comment-5078776-20160322022639

The Legion will have no idea what they're up against. Again, we need to remember, these men still think Zombies are a work of fiction prior to this battle. Imagine a Minotaur or a pegasus come to life and fight you- we've all seen people do it in fiction, but in the real world we'd have no idea how to counter that.

The same applies to Zombies in this case. Simply casually watching a zombie flick or two isn't going to prepare a soldier to face the wrath of a zombie horde in full. Simply knowing what you're up against isn't enough to prepare you for it.