We could play what if's all day...so i'll add one more. France was dead in the water...Britain wasn't faring much better, if the Germans hadn't had to deal with the US on the Western front I think it would have been a little different. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 9:00 AM Subject: RE: France?
> Not necessarily. It would have taken longer, and the Soviet Union would have > probably eventually conquered all of Germany. To a large extent the Eastern > Front was where the European part of the Second World War was won and lost. > Western Europe and Italy/North Africa were much more like secondary > operations. > > larry > > -- > Larry C. Lyons > ColdFusion/Web Developer > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > EBStor.com > 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 > Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 > tel: (703) 393-7930 > fax: (703) 393-2659 > Web: http://www.ebstor.com > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. > -- > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kevin Schmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 9:48 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: France? > > > > > > You can't deny that if we hadn't been involved in the WWII that there > > wouldn't be a german flag flying atop the Eifel Tower today. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Stephen Moretti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 8:29 AM > > Subject: Re: France? > > > > > > > The English-French hatred goes way back.... Thousands of > > years of war (and > > > still continuing)... long before the US of A was even a twinkle in > > anyone's > > > eyes, so we'll be having none of this "we saved the French from the > > German's > > > and they don't respect us" rubbish, particularly from an > > expat German, > > Herr > > > Schmidt! ;oD > > > > > > Stephen > > > PS. Generally I don't dislike the French (or Germans) > > myself, but I have > > > found that some of the French are a touch arrogant, but > > then I'm sure the > > > same could be said for every other nation in the world! :o) > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Kevin Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 2:05 PM > > > Subject: Re: France? > > > > > > > > > > They didn't provide much help in the Rev War, although > > they did provide > > > some > > > > (mostly Naval). However, I didn't see piles of French > > Soldiers piled up > > > on > > > > the beaches of the east coast like the bodies of US Soldiers at > > Normandy. > > > > Their contribution was much less than that of ours. > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Jochem van Dieten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 7:58 AM > > > > Subject: Re: France? > > > > > > > > > > > > > Kevin Schmidt wrote: > > > > > > Here it is in a nutshell: > > > > > > > > > > > > We saved their ass twice from the Germans > > > > > > > > > > If you want to dig out history, I would say that the US > > was merely > > > > > returning the favour for the support during the US war for > > > > independence.... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and now they don't respect us. > > > > > > > > > > Can you give some examples of that? And I don't mean examples of > > > > > specific special interest groups not respecting the US > > (that is what > > you > > > > > mean by us, right?), but the mainstream French. > > > > > > > > > > Jochem > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
