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  1. bradymk2

    bradymk2 Well-Known Member

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    the only reason uk wasnt conquered is because its an island
    think about that before condeming france
     
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  2. Phinius T Bookbinder

    Phinius T Bookbinder Well-Known Member

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    Whoa there Brady. I’m not condemning France at all. Had many holidays there and like the lifestyle. I’m well aware that being an island has saved the UK as well. You are arguing with yourself now
     
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  3. springtiger

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    I’m condemning some a French people who behaved badly not the whole nation , but it’s not worth discussing further as its way too big a topic , your simplistic point does not cover it . If you don’t see the moral point then it’s pointless discussing it as it’s obviously something you can’t recognise .
     
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  4. bradymk2

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    well don't
    more amercians died during d day than brits, so should they be offended?
    the point is, the freedom of dday and ww2, was the freedom to strike against **** wages etc
    and the real enemy has slowly being invited over decades.

     
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    Cityzen Well-Known Member

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    No France didn’t. World War 1 -

    Germany lost the most, Russia next then France in combat. Turkey lost the second most in total but the majority of their deaths were civilians.

    Neither did they lose the most in numbers, or as a percentage of the population, in WW2.

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  6. bradymk2

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    thats a ww2 graph, that is also not accurate

    and again, without the amercians, the nazis won
    the british had to be rescued from france by fishing boats to escape the nazis
     
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    Oh, so those figures are not accurate. Can you provide accurate ones? Or is it a case of they don’t tally with your thoughts? Your statement lost more than any other European country in both World Wars is palpably incorrect.
    A lot of French came across from Dunkirk. A lot of them decided to return aftervFrance’scsurrender. NotbDe Gaulle of course, he skulked here for 5 years.
    The Americans, like the Soviets did not get involved until they were attacked. Eventually the Soviets would have ground the Nazis down and Europe would have been a lot different. The only question would have been would they have continued across the Channel?
     
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  8. bradymk2

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    you linked a ww2 graph
    i was talking about ww1

    and no
    soviets would not have beaten the nazis if it wasnt for d day
    they lost because, they got attacked from the west and east

    and i have no resepect for soviets
    they t
     
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    “and yes france knows, france lost more in ww1 and ww2 than any other european country”

    You were talking about both. And in both instances you are incorrect.
     
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    im talking about allies obviously
    im not talking about the impact of the treaty of versailles
     
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    You are still wrong. Russian and Ukrainian losses were millions more than France, annd they were Allies in Europe. We had more casualties in WW2 than .France, though less in WW1. And the Treaty of Versailles had nothing to do with WW1 and didn’t directly cause deaths in WW2. The Nazis didn’t murder millions of Jews and millions of soviet’s because of Versailles, they weren’t involved in drawing it up.
     
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    mate russian losses matter not in either war
     
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    Of course they do, daft lad. They killed more Germans than everyone else combined in WW2.
    Just inconvenient for you that so many in the European part of the USSR died to add to the countries that lost more than the French.
     
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  14. bradymk2

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    soviets just brute forced people
    no plan no skill
    soviets were ****
     
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    Brady go to bed
     
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    im not drunk, im just into history, probably far more than you mate especially in ww2, so gain some respect
    and i have zero respect for the soviets in ww2.
    they literally just threw their whole population at it
    they killed more of their own people than the germans did
    stalin sided with hitler
    stalin was a disgusting man who was personally responsibile for millions of deaths and this is not even counting the number of germans etc the soviets raped
    theres a reason the germans would rather surrender to the allies than the soviet scum
     
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    If your last sentence is what I think it is then we totally agree on something. , another big topic.
     
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    I didn't commemorate it, if that's what you're asking, I worked all last week.

    The war(s) has many different memories for different ppl, depending on how they were affected and I don't think anyone should be forced to feel in a certain way. I know a lot of ppl who lost friends and family when the British air force ****ed up and bombed Hølen school and Laksevåg - over 60 children died at their desks or in the playground at 9am, plus many more civilians. They don't expect you to commemorate or stop what you're doing to allow them to commemorate this, nor feel guilt or shame for it.

    I don't think French people today, who weren't alive during WW2, should be obliged to be grateful any more than Germans alive today should be guilty for what happened, nor should British ppl feel guilt for what happened in our past before we were born, such as slavery etc. That's my philosophy and I fully accept many will disagree and want generational responsibility for the good and bad things.

    I think everyone has a right to commemorate what they want, but I'd guess that every Allied soldier who died in WW2 would have wanted their descendants 80 years later to be allowed to protest for a fair wage and job security.
     
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    The Norwegian government was certainly grateful to us.
    French people would not have life they have now if not for D Day. So they should be grateful.
     
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