Comments by "" (@Iain1962) on "The 80th anniversary of D Day; why the French hate Britain so much for what we did during the war" video.

  1. I have to disagree with you here Simon. I lived in France for a long time, I never heard anybody criticise the Brits and Americans for bombing France during the war, I didn't feel any resentment at all due to that. In fact they were grateful, and knew very well that Britain was targeting the Nazis not the French, indeed often the French Resistance would help guide in the bombers so they could hit their targets. Not even a cheep about Mers-el-Kébir. The French don't dislike us they are jealous, they could never beat us, we always ended up beating them, the may have won a battle or two but never the war, that's what annoys them. They have monuments to Napoleon and he is still celebrated, even though if you think about it he was not dissimilar to Hitler, and yet the Germans celebrating Hitler would be unthinkable, yet the French love their Tyrant Emperor, well it was the only time they had a few victories, so you take what you can get I suppose.
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