Posted on 02/05/2016 10:15:37 AM PST by Olog-hai
Depends on the semantics of “invasion.” It matters whether the term is intended to reflect what happened militarily or politically. Militarily, it absolutely qualified as an “invasion.” From the point of view of the Nazis, it also qualified as one politically.
Also the bit with the young Sean Connery.
What French government was in power? The Vichys held no power.
For a long time the US actually recognized Vichy as the legitimate government of France.
A very interesting event took place in our backyard, that few knew about.
The Liberation of Saint Pierre and Miquelon
http://worldatwar.net/article/miquelon/
Eisenhower called it a Crusade. Everyone else called it an Invasion. You are the one that’s trying to re-write history to fit your agenda.
Contemporary press called it an invasion. (And the Jewish owned New York Times was very much anti-Hitler).
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0606.html
That wouldn’t surprise me out of FDR.
Invasion? No way! 6939 ships just sort of lost their way and ended up there. “Directions? You want me to go ashore and ask for directions? I’ll show you how to ask for directions!” And the rest is history.
Well....we call it the D-Day Invasion too.
Dont we?
I’ve always heard “landing of the Allies” or similar terms. And when we went into places such as Italy and Germany, that was termed “invasion”.
Many folks also dont know that U-Boats made it into the St. Lawrence River in Canada a good distance and sunk a number of ships.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_St._Lawrence
100 years from now there will be a debate on whether Eurasia and Oceana are still at war.
Arguably the best scene in a overall great movie.
Yep, when you hear those first few notes of Beethoven’s Fifth, and then suddenly out of nowhere all those ships, no wonder Pluskat freaked out.
What I also liked about it, is that it actually showed the Germans as human beings, instead of as caricatures.
Ah. I see the problem. You haven’t studied modern European history. I probably need to start at a fairly elementary level with you.
Petain became Premiere of France June 16, 1940. He agreed to a temporary armistice with Germany on June 22, 1940 which left the French government intact, but permitted German occupation of designated territory still considered under French government. (translation available here: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/wwii/frgearm.asp . The French fleet remained under French command subject to remaining in designated ports. On the other hand, all airfields, even in un-occupied France passed to German control.
The situation was modified as German and Italian troops moved into southern France following the poor showing of French troops against the green American troops in North Africa, but the 1940 French government remained intact.
The French government was finally dissolved in December, 1944.
Bzzzzzt! Nice try and thanks for playing.
The persistence of this error is astonishing.
1.) Operation Husky (Invasion of Sicily): 160,000 men.
2.) Operation Overlord (Invasion of Occupied Europe): 156,000 men.
Puppet governments are not governments. The pattern of Roman client states was being followed here.
Then the same applied to all of the Captive Nations behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War.
Given the doctrinal penchant for centralization there, that looks about right.
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