On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 22:23:08 +0000, "Paul J. Adam" wrote:

In message , Alan Minyard
writes
On 23 Dec 2003 12:01:36 GMT, "Emmanuel.Gustin" wrote:
To learn from history, you first have to know it. I suggest
you make an attempt to be guided by facts instead of prejudice;
I admit it is more work and can be a nuisance.

Vichy French forces in WWII attacked and resisted US troops, who
were fighting for, among other things, to liberate France. Their
behavior was despicable.

The French lost as many troops in a few months of 1940 as the US lost in
the rest of the war, fighting Germany while the US sanctimoniuosly sat
aside saying it wasn't a US problem.

Perhaps French troops could be excused for a lack of conviction that US
troops were coming to bring liberation and freedom, given the US's
disinterest so recently before. They were wrong, but the US had done
nothing to earn their confidence.

And their German friends had? The US had seen the europeans
fight WWI, and we then realized that it was NOT a US problem.

And where do you get your fantasy about the number of French
vs US military casualties?


http://www.abmc.gov/abmc45.htm

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0004619.html


Al Minyard