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chris999 User ID: 18723832 United States 07/09/2012 03:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | all those surrendering French really tied up German troops hindering their war machine. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 14738796 I know right. The French were keeping the Nazis busy be surrendering by the millions, so that they would be distracted away from the real warriors that landed on the beaches. That being said, I do recognize the help that the French gave to America in the Revolutionary war. Last Edited by chris999 on 07/09/2012 03:51 PM I dont mean everything I say to be literal. I just like to throw around ideas, and play devil's advocate. I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. -Galileo Galilei |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 19426906 United States 07/09/2012 03:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Anonymous Coward User ID: 2773589 is correct. You sir are full of crap. The french capitulated almost overnight. De Gaulle was a grandstanding joke. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 19426906 United States 07/09/2012 03:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | No, the Germans surrendered Paris and got the hell out of Dodge, er Paris just before the Americans arrived. |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1324077 France 07/09/2012 03:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | No, the Germans surrendered Paris and got the hell out of Dodge, er Paris just before the Americans arrived. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 19426906 The French Resistance liberated Paris many days before the Allies arrived in the city. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 19425797 That's true. But I don't see how it was important to prevent America from being conquered by the Reich... If Charles Lindberg had become president, it would have been a whole different story, he was a NAZI lover, America would have become fscist. That is where my grandfather comes into the picture, and ze know the rest of history |
YaRight User ID: 15675201 United States 07/09/2012 04:02 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If it weren't for the valiant effort of the couragious French during the second world war, America would be speaking German now, and that's a fact. Quoting: French Liberators 1324077 I fart in your general direction The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help. |
071676 User ID: 19045350 United States 07/09/2012 04:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The French Resistance liberated Paris many days before the Allies arrived in the city. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 19425797 That's true. But I don't see how it was important to prevent America from being conquered by the Reich... Paris was declared an Open City. That means that the garrison was not going to fight to maintain control. The resistance did not liberate the city. Even after the French troops were allowed to march through, the resistance was still fighting troops trying to surrender. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1273864 United States 07/09/2012 04:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If it weren't for the valiant effort of the couragious Americans during the second world war, France would be speaking German now, and that's a fact. Quoting: French Liberators 1324077 There, fixed it for you. If it werent for the valiant effort of the couragious French during the revolutionary war, America would be speaking English now. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1389937 Estonia 07/09/2012 04:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If it weren't for the valiant effort of the couragious Americans during the second world war, France would be speaking German now, and that's a fact. Quoting: French Liberators 1324077 There, fixed it for you. If it werent for the valiant effort of the couragious French during the revolutionary war, America would be speaking English now. |
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thetrickybigguy User ID: 19411099 United States 07/09/2012 04:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If it weren't for the valiant effort of the couragious French during the second world war, America would be speaking German now, and that's a fact. Quoting: French Liberators 1324077 whatever you been smokin, get me a bag.... the french are the biggest fags in the world... Falling down is a part of life, getting back up is living. ~ Life is about choices, you get to make them each and every day of your life. ~ Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse and helping your uncle jack off a horse.~ Only in America... do we use the word 'politics' to describe the process so well: 'Poloi' in Greek meaning 'many' and 'tics' meaning 'bloodsucking creatures'.~ “When a government is dependent for money upon the bankers, they and not the government leaders control the nation. This is because the hand that gives is above the hand that takes. Financiers are without patriotism and without decency.” If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty you have no brain. Winston Churchill |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 19325296 United States 07/09/2012 04:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If it weren't for the valiant effort of the couragious French during the second world war, America would be speaking German now, and that's a fact. Quoting: French Liberators 1324077 JFK'S Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in the early 60's when DeGaule decided to pull out of NATO. DeGaule said he wanted all US military out of France as soon as possible. Rusk responded, "Does that include those who are buried here?" DeGuale did not respond. You could have heard a pin drop. There was a conference in France where a number of international engineers were taking part, including French and American. During a break, one of the French engineers came back into the room saying, "Have you heard the latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft carrier to Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he intend to do, bomb them?" A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly: "Our carriers have three hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people; they are nuclear powered and can supply emergency electrical power to shore facilities; they have three cafeterias with the capacity to feed 3,000 people three meals a day, they can produce several thousand gallons of fresh water from sea water each day, and they carry half a dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims and injured to and from their flight deck. We have eleven such ships; how many does France have?" You could have heard a pin drop. A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included Admirals from the U.S., English, Canadian, Australian and French Navies At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a large group of officers that included personnel from most of those countries. Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks but a French admiral suddenly complained that, whereas Europeans learn many languages, Americans learn only English. He then asked, "Why is it that we always have to speak English in these conferences rather than speaking French?" Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied, "Maybe it's because the Brit's, Canadians, Aussie's and Americans arranged it so you wouldn't have to speak German." You could have heard a pin drop. AND THIS STORY FITS RIGHT IN WITH THE ABOVE... Robert Whiting, an elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by plane. At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry on. "You have been to France before, monsieur?" the customs officer asked sarcastically. Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to France previously. "Then you should know enough to have your passport ready." The American said, "The last time I was here, I didn't have to show it." "Impossible.. Americans always have to show their passports on arrival in France !" The American senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look. Then he quietly explained, ''Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day in 1944 to help liberate this country, I couldn't find a single Frenchmen to show a passport to." You could have heard a pin drop. |
thetrickybigguy User ID: 19411099 United States 07/09/2012 04:49 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If it weren't for the valiant effort of the couragious French during the second world war, America would be speaking German now, and that's a fact. Quoting: French Liberators 1324077 For sale, French military rifle. Never fired. Dropped once. ^^THIS^^ LOL LOL LOL Falling down is a part of life, getting back up is living. ~ Life is about choices, you get to make them each and every day of your life. ~ Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse and helping your uncle jack off a horse.~ Only in America... do we use the word 'politics' to describe the process so well: 'Poloi' in Greek meaning 'many' and 'tics' meaning 'bloodsucking creatures'.~ “When a government is dependent for money upon the bankers, they and not the government leaders control the nation. This is because the hand that gives is above the hand that takes. Financiers are without patriotism and without decency.” If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty you have no brain. Winston Churchill |
thetrickybigguy User ID: 19411099 United States 07/09/2012 04:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If it weren't for the valiant effort of the couragious French during the second world war, America would be speaking German now, and that's a fact. Quoting: French Liberators 1324077 JFK'S Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in the early 60's when DeGaule decided to pull out of NATO. DeGaule said he wanted all US military out of France as soon as possible. Rusk responded, "Does that include those who are buried here?" DeGuale did not respond. You could have heard a pin drop. There was a conference in France where a number of international engineers were taking part, including French and American. During a break, one of the French engineers came back into the room saying, "Have you heard the latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft carrier to Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he intend to do, bomb them?" A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly: "Our carriers have three hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people; they are nuclear powered and can supply emergency electrical power to shore facilities; they have three cafeterias with the capacity to feed 3,000 people three meals a day, they can produce several thousand gallons of fresh water from sea water each day, and they carry half a dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims and injured to and from their flight deck. We have eleven such ships; how many does France have?" You could have heard a pin drop. A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included Admirals from the U.S., English, Canadian, Australian and French Navies At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a large group of officers that included personnel from most of those countries. Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks but a French admiral suddenly complained that, whereas Europeans learn many languages, Americans learn only English. He then asked, "Why is it that we always have to speak English in these conferences rather than speaking French?" Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied, "Maybe it's because the Brit's, Canadians, Aussie's and Americans arranged it so you wouldn't have to speak German." You could have heard a pin drop. AND THIS STORY FITS RIGHT IN WITH THE ABOVE... Robert Whiting, an elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by plane. At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry on. "You have been to France before, monsieur?" the customs officer asked sarcastically. Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to France previously. "Then you should know enough to have your passport ready." The American said, "The last time I was here, I didn't have to show it." "Impossible.. Americans always have to show their passports on arrival in France !" The American senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look. Then he quietly explained, ''Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day in 1944 to help liberate this country, I couldn't find a single Frenchmen to show a passport to." You could have heard a pin drop. WTF is that mental midget, OP? you can hear a pin drop.... Falling down is a part of life, getting back up is living. ~ Life is about choices, you get to make them each and every day of your life. ~ Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse and helping your uncle jack off a horse.~ Only in America... do we use the word 'politics' to describe the process so well: 'Poloi' in Greek meaning 'many' and 'tics' meaning 'bloodsucking creatures'.~ “When a government is dependent for money upon the bankers, they and not the government leaders control the nation. This is because the hand that gives is above the hand that takes. Financiers are without patriotism and without decency.” If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty you have no brain. Winston Churchill |
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thetrickybigguy User ID: 19411099 United States 07/09/2012 06:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | hey frenchie.... you even got the germans laughing at you now. you must feel like a real horses ass, huh? i mean you won't even come back to the thread you started. you must have 'cut and run.' next time ya want to start a thread like this you need to just Falling down is a part of life, getting back up is living. ~ Life is about choices, you get to make them each and every day of your life. ~ Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse and helping your uncle jack off a horse.~ Only in America... do we use the word 'politics' to describe the process so well: 'Poloi' in Greek meaning 'many' and 'tics' meaning 'bloodsucking creatures'.~ “When a government is dependent for money upon the bankers, they and not the government leaders control the nation. This is because the hand that gives is above the hand that takes. Financiers are without patriotism and without decency.” If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty you have no brain. Winston Churchill |
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