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03-29-07, 01:50 PM | #16 |
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France (and England, to a lesser extent) were largely responsible for the putative nature of The Treaty of Versailles, which my man Woodrow Wilson predicted would start World War 2.
You prefer make buisnes with Hitler until you delcare war to Germany than helping French and British? The whole Vietnam conflict might have been avoided if France would have not treated the inhabitants so poorly. And if the USA didn't give weapon to 'liberation movement' of Indochina. In 1954 why US troops replace French troops in Indochina, why didn't the USA let the people of indochina alone. And then of course there's the fact that France hasn't treated Americans well the last century. Give me some, we can discuss them. Even American soldiers fighting to liberate France said the people were unwelcoming, hostile and rude. Angry people were in village and cities were desvasted by the most precise bombing force of the WW2. Have you ever look at somle photo of Cean, Le Havre, Brest and some other major city or village of France after the US bombing (the city were I leave was bombed in 1944 and half destroyed, the target was a railway station 15km away!). So when you lost all your family and your house, you will see the Liberator with an otehr point of view. I do think it is unfortunate that France is ridiculed for falling so quickly to Germany in World War 2, though, as they were doomed from the beginning. France fought an undivided Germany almost unaided and before it was able to mount the defenses it had planned. England would have fallen just as easily were it not for the all important Channel. Do you know how many french soldier were killed during the 5 weeks of the german assault ? I don't think,Ii will give you the number 91,000 and 232,000 were wounded report this to the total population of France in 1940 and compare with all the US troops lost during the all WW2.
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Are you familiar with the Korean War? Have you asked the South Koreans whether they'd have preferred Americans "let the people of Indochina alone?" Perhaps you would have preferred the assimilation of Indochina by, you know, the Chinese? Quote:
It's just sentiment. There was the defacing of American and British tombstones (I know, vocal minority, but still pretty low) and countless other small occurrences of petty Nationalism. Most apparent is the treatment of Americans visiting Paris. Of the several Americans I've talked to about their visit to Paris, all but one said they were harassed on multiple occasions. The one that didn't pretended to be Canadian. Quote:
First of all, thanks for the complement, our air power in WW2 did kick 32 flavors of ass. :p The thing is, this was true of every other country in the war as well. According to reports from famous divisions like the 101st, even the German people were more receptive of American soldiers than the French. Though there were civilian casualties, there was looting and there were countless little atrocities on either side even in the best of times the people of France really could have been more receptive to the men who were dying far away from their homes for French gain. Quote:
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03-31-07, 05:57 PM | #18 |
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Never meet a French Fry i didn't like!
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The US decided the war, but they didn't win it - that credit belongs to Russia, and to a lesser extend to Britain. I do think, however, the French were without a chance because they were the most battle weary after WWI, and many accepted the inevitable, especially as the Nazis were accepting the French on Racial terms, showing a sincere interest in their culture, and treating them relatively better than most occupied countries (I say relatively, of course they still treated them bad!). I agree that the French must take the blame for the Treaty of Versailles, but that was the time, and it was not like they had no reason. Think of 1871, think of the level of destruction in Eastern France. The Kaisers terms, had he won the war, would have been even more unfair and there would certainly have been another war in any case. GE P.S. Vive la France!
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now there is a classical exapmple of thread hijacking...
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Of course that's because many () of us are isolationist (and may I say this attitude is our proudness ?), but mostly because we're still not very familiar with english language. MSGalileo is right, often people make fun of us, for any reason... But I must do justice to Neal and Subsim here and now : even though I still have to improve my english a lot, everyone has always been kind enough not to reprimand me for having a rather rough english vocabulary. @ MSGalileo : Wanna make friends on a friendly foreign site related to submarine simulation ? You could do a lot worse than sending all your mates this link for them to register.
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The reason why no chinese people posted on the chinese forum section is because of the censoring happening in China.
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