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D-Day? France Preferred Us to the U.S. Even Then, Says German Veteran
The Telegraph ^
| May 30, 2004
| Tony Paterson
Posted on 05/29/2004 7:32:00 PM PDT by quidnunc
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posted on
05/29/2004 7:32:01 PM PDT
by
quidnunc
To: quidnunc
It's a shame we didn't impose france on germany as part of war reparations.
To: quidnunc
"We Germans have been depicted merely as the occupiers of France. In fact many French
people became our friends.
Two neighbors united in a common quest to answer "The Jewish Question".
So happy together!
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posted on
05/29/2004 7:36:20 PM PDT
by
VOA
To: quidnunc
Why are the streets in Paris lined with trees?
So the Nazis can march in the shade.
To: quidnunc
Mrs Lemaire said last week. "They were not all barbarians and not all the French were in the Resistance. Yeah, we know.
To: CWOJackson
It's a shame we didn't impose france on germany as part of war reparations.
You've got a point. Citroens, Peugots, and Renaults would probably be at least
unusual, if not cruel, punishment for the Germans who let the Nazis attain/maintain power.
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posted on
05/29/2004 7:38:39 PM PDT
by
VOA
To: quidnunc
He recalled one French woman boasting that she would marry a German soldier. "She said, 'After the war I will be Frau Koch, and I'm proud about that,"' he said. Hopefully, she had her head shaved at the end of the war.
And hopefully, Mr. Koch didn't live to see the end of the war.
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posted on
05/29/2004 7:39:56 PM PDT
by
jackbill
To: VOA
If you really want to understand the french, read some of the definitive histories of their so-called resistance movement in WW-II. Seems there was something like 20 different french resistance movements, who on the average spent far more time fighting and informing on each other then opposing the germans.
To: CWOJackson
"During D-Day there were many French who were angry about the destruction of their towns and cities by American bombers."HEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO???????
Does Mr. Gockel not realize that if HE hadn't been there, WE wouldn't have bombed those places????
Ah, Mr. Gockel, erhalten sie einen anhaltspunkt.
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posted on
05/29/2004 7:41:50 PM PDT
by
Howlin
To: Howlin
Would you be allowed to post that in English?
To: CWOJackson
The Free French Resistance was the only group of WWII veterans whose numbers kept growing every year after the war ended.
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posted on
05/29/2004 7:43:39 PM PDT
by
Loyalist
(Kasper for Pope: Because things won't get better until they can't get any worse!)
To: CWOJackson
France is what would happen if you were purposely trying to parody a real nation.
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posted on
05/29/2004 7:45:44 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
("Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown" -- harpseal)
To: quidnunc
"Whenever I return here I am overcome with emotion," he said. "I know that the Germans were on the wrong side but I feel that I owe it to my fallen comrades to revisit this place and remember that we all suffered terribly as well."I think the war-oriented pictures I remember the most are the ones of enemies from years past sitting down and having a nice chat.
I've always found those scenes comforting.
To: CWOJackson
Impose france on germany?
I thought that was exactly what we did!
That's why Europe is essentially border-free these days.
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posted on
05/29/2004 7:46:15 PM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: quidnunc
The English are right when they say (thinking primarily of the French) WOGS begin at Calais.
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posted on
05/29/2004 7:51:44 PM PDT
by
CatoRenasci
(Ceterum Censeo Arabiam Esse Delendam -- Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit)
To: CWOJackson
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posted on
05/29/2004 7:52:45 PM PDT
by
Howlin
Comment #17 Removed by Moderator
To: Howlin
Oh, yes...my wife and I saw it on Fox. My wife's only complaint was she wished it had been Barbara not Poppa Bush. Clinton wouldn't have needed help getting back up.
To: quidnunc
This has been known through history...I've watched documentaries where the frogs have said they were not happy with all the pre-bombing prior to the invasion, Ambrose mentions in his book "Band of Brothers" Easy Company found the frogs ungrateful in '44 and the frogs justified surrendering giving up to the Nazi's by saying "Socialism (germany) is better than communism (Russia).
I myself was at the D-Day museum in Caen the final day of my honeymoon in 7/2000 and they have an authentic telephone recording in which a french government official promises to immediately surrender paris to germany if the nazi's stop bombing the frogs beloved architecture.
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posted on
05/29/2004 7:58:41 PM PDT
by
God luvs America
(Support Our Troops....Don't vote for Kerry!)
To: quidnunc
Reminding me of a story that our grocer told my Dad and me. It was about 1955. He had been a paratrooper on D-Day and had come down in the night separated from the rest of his platoon. During the folliwing morning, he met with other troopers, most from other units, and the group, led by a captain, started down the road to an objective marked on the captain's map. After awhile they saw two troopers hanging in the trees in a field. They found each man dead, with his throat cut crudly inplement. They cut the men down and buried them in shallow graves. They then noticed a farm house nearby. They went over and kicked in the door. Several men were sitting around the table. They froze when they saw the Americans. The two led soldiers looked to the captain. He nodded, and they shot them all. No one said a word as they resumed their march. That night the grocer asked another guy: Did they do it? The other guy shrugged. And that. said the grocer to me and my Dad, is why I hate the French.
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posted on
05/29/2004 8:04:16 PM PDT
by
RobbyS
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