Comment on Why does most American's give shit to the French when if not for them we would have lost the revolution?

False@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  The Fall of France and the Vichy regime were pathetic, but the French Resistance was legendary.

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  • False@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    They also had hundreds of years of military dominance of Europe, up until the Napoleonic Wars. Generally not so hot since then. I definitely don’t think it’s a completely deserved rep, but it undeniably exists.

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• RickyRigatoni@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Same thing with the germans. They sent some of their best generals to train our troops but after ww2 we didn’t really want to be associated with their kind.

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  • NABDad@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Unless they knew something about rockets.

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    • RickyRigatoni@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      We love our fireworks more than our image.

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