Comments on: History: In defence of FRANCE http://www.miquelon.org/2010/05/22/history-in-defence-of-france/ Monitoring Anti-French Activity Since 2003 Wed, 1 Feb 2012 01:12:09 -0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Marc @ Miquelon.org http://www.miquelon.org/2010/05/22/history-in-defence-of-france/comment-page-1/#comment-4065 Marc @ Miquelon.org Mon, 07 Jun 2010 06:42:47 +0000 http://www.miquelon.org/?p=451#comment-4065 Never - ever - apologize for your posts, we appreciate any relevant posts, especially anything historically relevant. Never – ever – apologize for your posts, we appreciate any relevant posts, especially anything historically relevant.

]]> By: Helldars http://www.miquelon.org/2010/05/22/history-in-defence-of-france/comment-page-1/#comment-4062 Helldars Sun, 06 Jun 2010 18:58:09 +0000 http://www.miquelon.org/?p=451#comment-4062 THAT is the kind of article that should be passed on everywhere on the internet ! Thanks for the article. On a side note have you heard of this new book "Et si la France avait continué la guerre ?" ("What if France had fought on the war ?") ? It's an alternative history that states perfectly that France COULD and SHOULD have continued to fight ! They start in  june 6th 1940 where Hélène de Portes, the mistress of Paul Reynaud (aka Prime Minister of France before the armistice) and one of the worst defeatists that ever lived is killed in a car accident 22 days before she did in reality. From that point, hardliners such as de Gaulle or Mandel oust defeatists from the government. Of course it is too late to repulse the Germans, but it is decided to evacuate to North Africa as many troops, engineers, workers, raw materials, equipments as possible. Irrealistic ? Hell, no ! It was being planned just before Pétain took over ! And the result ? Well, it started in a website that is not completed yet, but the people behind this project have already discovered that the war would have been at least 6 months shorter ! And that France would'nt be still somewhat stuck in those painfuls debates like ("we were all resistants, no we were all collaborators", etc...) And last but certainly not the least, "French surrender" crap would have never existed ! Somehow, I wish I was living in this alternate history... here's the links : http://www.amazon.fr/France-avait-continu%C3%A9-guerre/dp/2847347070/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1275850508&sr=1-1 http://www.1940lafrancecontinue.org/ Oh, and sorry for the lenghty post ! THAT is the kind of article that should be passed on everywhere on the internet ! Thanks for the article.

On a side note have you heard of this new book “Et si la France avait continué la guerre ?” (”What if France had fought on the war ?”) ?
It’s an alternative history that states perfectly that France COULD and SHOULD have continued to fight ! They start in  june 6th 1940 where Hélène de Portes, the mistress of Paul Reynaud (aka Prime Minister of France before the armistice) and one of the worst defeatists that ever lived is killed in a car accident 22 days before she did in reality.
From that point, hardliners such as de Gaulle or Mandel oust defeatists from the government. Of course it is too late to repulse the Germans, but it is decided to evacuate to North Africa as many troops, engineers, workers, raw materials, equipments as possible. Irrealistic ? Hell, no ! It was being planned just before Pétain took over ! And the result ? Well, it started in a website that is not completed yet, but the people behind this project have already discovered that the war would have been at least 6 months shorter ! And that France would’nt be still somewhat stuck in those painfuls debates like (”we were all resistants, no we were all collaborators”, etc…) And last but certainly not the least, “French surrender” crap would have never existed !
Somehow, I wish I was living in this alternate history…
here’s the links :
http://www.amazon.fr/France-avait-continu%C3%A9-guerre/dp/2847347070/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1275850508&sr=1-1
http://www.1940lafrancecontinue.org/

Oh, and sorry for the lenghty post !

]]> By: Irish-Franco-American http://www.miquelon.org/2010/05/22/history-in-defence-of-france/comment-page-1/#comment-4022 Irish-Franco-American Sun, 23 May 2010 00:07:03 +0000 http://www.miquelon.org/?p=451#comment-4022 Thank you for this article.  It's very educational. Thank you for this article.  It’s very educational.

]]> By: Fred Orth http://www.miquelon.org/2010/05/22/history-in-defence-of-france/comment-page-1/#comment-4019 Fred Orth Sat, 22 May 2010 14:29:08 +0000 http://www.miquelon.org/?p=451#comment-4019 poilu, I fully concour with your analysis. Thanks to Miquelon for finding this! poilu, I fully concour with your analysis. Thanks to Miquelon for finding this!

]]> By: poilu http://www.miquelon.org/2010/05/22/history-in-defence-of-france/comment-page-1/#comment-4018 poilu Sat, 22 May 2010 13:51:54 +0000 http://www.miquelon.org/?p=451#comment-4018 Excellent article!  Kudos to Mr. Robert Young for finally stating what we've always known in France, to this side of the Atlantic.  This article proves yet again my theory, that French bashing <em>REQUIRES</em> historical revisionism, which itself stems from historical ignorance and illiteracy. Excellent article!  Kudos to Mr. Robert Young for finally stating what we’ve always known in France, to this side of the Atlantic.  This article proves yet again my theory, that French bashing REQUIRES historical revisionism, which itself stems from historical ignorance and illiteracy.

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