Heh heh, this was the best part:
Posted on 02/05/2016 10:15:37 AM PST by Olog-hai
When historians say D-Day was the largest amphibious invasion, I believe they are referring to not just the total number of ground troops, but also the number of ships and aircraft involved.
Will they be able to cover the Muslim invasion of 2015/16 in their history books?
There was no break in government from the time when France was still fighting until the occupation by the British and Americans (and their ‘Free French’ puppet government). Indeed, de Gaulle, recognizing the threat that the resistance was to his self-appointed leadership arranged for the Germans to liquidate a large body of the resistance in the Vercors area.
If the Muslims win, there won’t be any history books anymore.
Lol. I hear ya. As a Second generation German we always kinda got a kick out or it. However it does grate on ya sometimes.
Somewhere during the War we had family members shooting at each other somewhere! ;)
Reference please. I've never heard of this. Why wasn't he shot for it?
You can hear what they called as it happened
https://archive.org/details/Complete_Broadcast_Day_D-Day
Great point. The United States maintained diplomatic relations with the French government until after it launched an unprovoked attack (sort of like Pearl Harbor) on the French forces in North Africa. Diplomatic relations ended in November, 1942. Admiral William Leahy was the U.S. Ambassador.
Gaston Henry-Haye was the French ambassador to the US during this period. http://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19410310,00.html
Not relevant to this discussion, but some interesting early war material here: http://adst.org/2013/06/the-nazis-take-paris/
He wasn't shot because he was successful.
Basically, the resistance in northern France was to disrupt German lines of supply during the Normandy Invasion, then those in southern France to support Dragoon in August.
DeGaulle signaled the resistance in Vercors (an isolated plateau west of Grenoble in southern France) to rise up in connection with the Normandy landing. They did so, and proclaimed a free French republic independent of the Gaullists. Of course, it would be months before relief could reach them, and although the mountain assaults were difficult, the Germans did liquidate the rebellion. The British made some effort to support the Vercors by air from North Africa, but it really didn't impact the battle.
Google battle of vercors 1944
There have been 3 or 4 books, and there are a few articles that shed some light on the battle. For a contemporary propaganda piece, see http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/17919378 . It, of course, leaves out the Gaullist role.
Heh heh, this was the best part:
"... on what the Berlin Radio calls 'the invasion'..."Interesting way of putting it.
No doubt.
What is the view fron the guy who ran it?
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