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UK and France mark centenary of start of the Battle of Somme, WW1 bloodiest
Commemorations are being held in the UK and France to mark the centenary of the start of the Battle of the Somme. Britain fell silent to mark the moment on 1 July 1916 when the battle began and the start of the bloodiest day in British military history. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesSomeone please start prattling on about French valor (oxymoron).
Jul 01st, 2016 - 01:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0What is it about you and the French ? The word is valour unless you are an American.
Jul 02nd, 2016 - 10:55 am - Link - Report abuse 0I think if you look at their history, they have been as brave as any other nation.
In WW2, they were defeated by a well trained, ruthless professional force who also forced the BEF out of continental Europe. Not to surrender would have meant wholesale destruction of their cities and population. The synonym for valour in this case would be suicidal. Briton was lucky having the channel to protect us as the chances are that they would have steam-rollered us too.
I have no time for armchair critics or theorists who have never been put to the test....have you ?
France , French, love em or loath them
Jul 02nd, 2016 - 11:46 am - Link - Report abuse 0you have to give them credit,
they did invent , build , implement Nuclear weapons without help from us or the yanks,
sometimes dependency to much on others can backfire,
they aint that bad.
@2 Be sure to let that shovel of yours cool off or it'll lose its temper and you'll never be able to dig your self out of that historically challenged hole that you are digging for your self.
Jul 02nd, 2016 - 03:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 0#2
Jul 02nd, 2016 - 06:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0What historically challenged hole is that....pray tell !
You are inferring that the French are cowards ?
No, so stating - Napoleonic and prior and subsequent criminals and foreign scum excepted.
Jul 02nd, 2016 - 07:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0,The French Defence Minister has stated that defence ties between the UK and France will remain in place following BREXIT.
Jul 03rd, 2016 - 07:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said:
“Brexit will not damage in any way the extremely strong defence cooperation that we have with Britain. This partnership exists and will continue to exist. The British Minister (Michael Fallon), who I met this morning, has confirmed this shared wish to continue with this very strong cooperation.”
His comments follow US Secretary of State John Kerry predicting “an even stronger NATO going forward”.
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/brexit-defence-ties-not-affected-say-france/
I wouldn't concern myself too much with Kerry's musings.
Jul 03rd, 2016 - 09:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You might want to listen to Trump though.
Trump / US has some issues with Nato but the UK is cool.
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Jul 04th, 2016 - 07:43 am - Link - Report abuse 0google “Verdun”
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