“The French had to fight , it was in their own damn country.”
They had made a decision to sit out a war between Nazism & Bolshevism; considering that France & Britain went to war officially to defend Poland, and in the end it was given over to Stalin anyway, apparently they made the right call (while war was declared against Germany for invading Poland from the west, nothing was done while Stalin invaded simultaneously from the east).
An often-glossed-over fact of the war (and one that was skewed in the movie the “Big Red One” to look like the actions of one overly-patriotic officer) was the fact that when American troops landed in French North Africa during Operation Torch in 1942, they were mowed down by French troops determined to protect their territory and neutrality. This wasn’t an accident, but a conscious decision of France’s part; they were rewarded by being spared the fate of Eastern Europe for the next 50 years.
The French, like the Italians aren't to be trusted in time of war.
“They had made a decision to sit out a war between Nazism & Bolshevism...”
So by surrendering to the NAZIs, the French somehow caused the Soviets to not conquer France at the end of WWII like they conquered Eastern Europe because collaborationist Vichy French soldiers fired on Americans in Operation Torch?
You seem intelligent, but I really don’t get what you’re trying to say.
The French had to fight, it was their own damn country.
You asked earlier if the Confedracy would have fought another Civil War in 1881. Are you kidding? Yeah they would have fought - bravely; because it was their own damn country. An honorable Texas man, or Virginia man, or proud gentleman from Tennessee, et. all. would have stood up and defended their homes as best as they were able.