We've really cozied up socially to our former oppressors in the UK while constantly haranguing the French for everything you can imagine. When it mattered, in our war for freedom, they had our backs.
Also, look at the recent history of the Middle East and you will see how the UK and USA have constantly made things worse, sometimes on purpose (UK is to blame for "Palestine") but France had the locals in line until they were overtaken by Germany in WW2 nd their ME colonies became free. We did have to save their asses, but that's another story...
We did have to save their asses, but that's another story...
USA pretty much had to save everyone.
The Dutch Royal Family had to flee their own country when the Nazis came
Luxembourg and all its own government functions were abolished from July 1940, unlike occupied Belgium and the Netherlands which preserved their state functions under German control.
We've really cozied up socially to our former oppressors in the UK while constantly haranguing the French for everything you can imagine. When it mattered, in our war for freedom, they had our backs.
Also, look at the recent history of the Middle East and you will see how the UK and USA have constantly made things worse, sometimes on purpose (UK is to blame for "Palestine") but France had the locals in line until they were overtaken by Germany in WW2 nd their ME colonies became free. We did have to save their asses, but that's another story...
USA pretty much had to save everyone.
The Dutch Royal Family had to flee their own country when the Nazis came
Luxembourg and all its own government functions were abolished from July 1940, unlike occupied Belgium and the Netherlands which preserved their state functions under German control.