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To: nwrep

“Which is surrender? The oldest French tradition other than a**licking?”

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Be more respectful.

The Tipping Point
From French arms to French fleets, how France changed the tides of the American Revolution

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/how-france-helped-win-american-revolution#:~:text=France%20provided%20the%20money%2C%20troops%2C%20armament%2C%20military%20leadership,the%20way%20for%20the%20Continental%20army’s%20ultimate%20victory.


6 posted on 03/12/2024 8:07:50 PM PDT by USA-FRANCE
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To: USA-FRANCE

Save it. That was hardly altruistic. It was opportunistic to get revenge on the British for past defeats. Note that they waited until it was likely the USA could win before they joined. It was good old fashioned European great power politics, not out of love for democracy and freedom.


20 posted on 03/13/2024 12:03:12 AM PDT by rxh4n1
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To: USA-FRANCE

Far more recent French history. . .

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vichy_France


21 posted on 03/13/2024 1:47:05 AM PDT by Rocco DiPippo (Either the Deep State destroys America or we destroy the Deep State. -Donald Trump)
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To: USA-FRANCE

Be more respectful.

Ike allowing free French Forces to enter Paris first...just cuz....


26 posted on 03/13/2024 4:10:45 AM PDT by Gaffer
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