Posted by MarkB_MI on February 24, 2011 at 16:18:16 from (32.178.226.38):
In Reply to: OT/ Paris posted by ILLEFTY on February 24, 2011 at 04:37:24:
So this sign was in English? Surely your nephews don't read French. It would be un-American to learn a second language. At any rate, I doubt the French government put up the sign, it was probably planted there by a prankster to aggravate American tourists. And whoever made that sign probably wasn't even alive during WWII, let alone the first World War.
That said, is it wrong? In WWI, the US was very late entering the war. Even after we declared war, our troops were delayed due to the influenza epidemic. (The military didn't see any sense in sending troops to Europe if half of them died before they arrived.) Once American troops arrived in France, Black Jack wisely refused to send his men into the trenches. Pershing's decision meant that US troops suffered relatively light casualties, while an entire generation of English, French and German young men was nearly wiped out in the trenches.
In the second World War, our contribution was vastly more significant than in the first. But still, by the time we entered the war in late 1941, Europe had been at war for over two years and France had been occupied for a year and a half.
Much is made of the quick surrender of the French Army. But the French collapse had less to do with lack of valor on the part of the French soldier than the stupidity of their leadership. The French military leaders thought the Maginot Line was impenetrable, but the Germans simply drove around it.
I've never spent any time in France, but I've worked in many different countries around the world. I've found that wherever you go, people will treat you decently if you don't act like a total a--hole. Unfortunately that's a tall order for many American tourists. You can spot the Americans anywhere overseas: big bellies, wide a--es and uncouth manners.
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