[Riley]

I’m not going to hammer the French too hard, they *did* have people who risked- and suffered- much under the German occupation. Of that, there is no doubt in my mind.

I’ve heard though that after the war, half the Frenchmen you’d meet in a pub somewhere were garroting German sentries on a nightly basis- if you can believe what they say. :-)

[RKV]

The problem with France and the French, and I speak the language and have been to school there, is that the best of them got killed in WW1, and WW2. The ones that were left to breed included some beautiful women, but the men, well, they’re short on some qualities.

[cpdiii]

I’m not going to hammer the French too hard, they *did* have people who risked- and suffered- much under the German occupation. Of that, there is no doubt in my mind.

The bravest man I know was French Resistance. He was only 16 years old at the time. His family would help smuggle out Brit and American Airmen that were shot down. He lived on the border with Spain and his job was to smuggle them through the Pyrenees Mountains to Spain. If he or any of his family were caught they would have all been tortured for information and then executed.

[Kenny Bunk]

......after the war, half the Frenchmen you’d meet in a pub somewhere were garroting German sentries on a nightly basis- ....

Mais oui! Appellés, "Le Maquis après la guerre."

Joining the Resistance after the war was safer, you know?