I continued to watch the below-mentioned video last night. It's a
curious production, and Torch was immediately followed by Overlord, on
the idea that both were big invasions, I guess.

In any event, I thought of this newsgroup when I saw the clip of
American PWs being protected by German soldiers as French civilians
tried to punch, kick, and spit on them (that is: punch, kick, and spit
on the Americans, not their German guards).

Good job you weren't shot down one any of your visits to France, Art!

On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 06:10:58 -0400, Cub Driver
wrote:


I wasn't thinking the anger of the French people would be directed at the
UK.

Why ever not, it has been for the last thousand years or so.

I've been watching the CBS Video History of WWII. Last night was
Torch, the invasion of North Africa. The U.S. troops landed first
because the Allies believed that the French would be less likely to
fire on them than the British, because of the "hatred" (Walter
Cronkite's word) they bore for the Brits.

To be sure, the lower the rank, the less this attitude prevailed. And
in the end, when the Allies moved east to Tunisia, French colonial
forces joined them.


all the best -- Dan Ford
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all the best -- Dan Ford
email: www.danford.net/letters.htm#9

see the Warbird's Forum at www.warbirdforum.com
and the Piper Cub Forum at www.pipercubforum.com