To: U S Army EOD
If I remember correctly, most of the french fleet in WWII was sunk by france's ally (England) in North Africa or scuttled by the french in Toulon. :-)
65 posted on
03/16/2004 10:13:13 AM PST by
SAMWolf
(No one wants to talk about the number 288, it's too gross.)
To: SAMWolf
This in a way was a victory for the French. Since the ships were all sunk in the harbor, they could still be sold for scrap metal.
77 posted on
03/16/2004 10:46:07 AM PST by
U S Army EOD
(The last person to die for a mistake in Vietnam, should have been Ho Chi Minh)
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