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re: Did the French humiliate our POWs in WW2?
Posted on 7/4/26 at 10:51 am to tiggerthetooth
Posted on 7/4/26 at 10:51 am to tiggerthetooth
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The French got steamrolled by the Germans and were truly a complete non-factor in the war after that.
That’s completely non-true. Remember the Vichy French government was formed in Southern France and the allies had to tiptoe around this to ensure the French didn’t gain support.
During Operation Torch (invasion of North Africa), the allies weren’t sure at all how much the Vichy French army would oppose them and they thought the landings could potentially turn into highly contested bloody affairs.
Also… not to mention French resistance
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Posted on 7/4/26 at 10:52 am to sledgehammer
quote:I saw a History Channel doc based on the book, but not the movie
That scene in Flags of our Fathers
Posted on 7/4/26 at 10:54 am to athenslife101
The Vichy French initially fired at the landing US Troops at Oran and Casablanca
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