Re: France vs New Zealand

Raoul <review@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Larry Olivier wrote:
"Raoul" <review@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:fdpne8$dd7$1@xxxxxxxxxxx

rick boyd wrote:


Larry Olivier wrote:


You can't mention the war.War implies two opposing forces
fighting each other.When one absconds there is no more war.


The French did actually fight. Against the Allies, to stop them
invading Vichy French north Africa. Silly cunts.

Then they ran and hid.

-- rick boyd



Interesting how your views were shared by Yanks during WWII. So much so
that the US Army published a booklet to enlighten the ill-informed:

http://de.geocities.com/beccavn/texte/112Gripes.html

It would be interesting to see which western country could have put
up with what they did in a space of six weeks:

#78
"No one -- least of all the French themselves -- will try do deny
the enormity of the defeat and the humiliation France suffered in
1940. French military leadership and strategy was tragically
inadequate. But this does not mean that the French did not put up a
"real fight" .
In the six week Battle of France, from May 10 to June 22, 1940, the
French lost, in military personnel alone, 260,000 wounded and
108,000 killed. A total of 368,000 casualties in six weeks is not
something to pass off lightly.
Yes, the Germans gave the French a terrible beating. But it took
the combined strength of the United States, Great Britain, Soviet
Russia, Canada and the rest of the Allies to beat Germany, and it
was a long, tough fight.
It's asking rather a great deal of France to match such strength
against her own."

Perhaps you may visit the site for some edification.

Raoul



Calm down. Trolling is an acknowledged sport here.Only someone
totally crazy would have any serious regard for any opinions
expressed on this NG.Facts would be about as rare as, say, the
number of Bobs girlfriends.


Nuff said, explains Walter Mitty too...

So what do we have here? Another Internet super hero who knows all about
how the war was won and what was in Umaga's head. Welcome. It should be fun.
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