[SkyPilot]

And the British tried. In a five-minute missile bombardment, they managed to sink one French cruiser and two old battleships. They also killed 1,250 French sailors. This would be the genesis of much bad blood between France and England throughout the war. General Petain broke off diplomatic relations with Great Britain. But two years later, with the Germans now in Vichy and the armistice already violated, and thousands of French Jews safely in concentration camps or dead because of French collaboration.....

Typical French way of doing things. Self centered, self righteous, self absorbed, and self destructive.

They would not listen to reason until after it was too late. They collaborated with a monstrous enemy, and then blamed everyone else for themselves because of the calamity.

[wmileo]

"They collaborated with a monstrous enemy, and then blamed everyone else for themselves because of the calamity."

I agree.

If 1,250 French sailors were killed when the Brits sank part of the fleet, the blood was on the hands of the French Vichy collaborators. The French were as difficult an ally then as they are now.

[burzum]

Typical French way of doing things. Self centered, self righteous, self absorbed, and self destructive.

They would not listen to reason until after it was too late. They collaborated with a monstrous enemy, and then blamed everyone else for themselves because of the calamity.

I think you are missing the point of this story. This is about a French Admiral who did not collaborate and destroyed military hardware before allowing it to fall into the hands of the Nazis. While you may have other gripes with the French, the actions of this French Admiral likely saved the lives of many British and American sailors.