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RE: De Gaulle and the French Corps affected the outcome, post-D Day? I don't know, how much should

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Victor Khomenko

In Reply to: RE: De Gaulle and the French Corps affected the outcome, post-D Day? I don't know, how much should posted by tinear on March 12, 2011 at 16:49:17

***And, outside of giving the French some needed pride back, what could it accomplish against such a mighty force?

Turns out - quite a bit. Look into the history of the partisan movement in the occupied Poland, Belorussia and Ukraine. Their contribution was significant.

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Eisenhower said the French resistance was worth a division... - eppis1 10:42:50 03/13/11 (0)
...in the D-Day invasion.
Poland? What was left of it after the War? I know it's very difficult, if not - tinear 18:53:48 03/12/11 (5)
impossible, for people to face the fact sometimes that they'd be powerless, but.... against the Nazis, one was. They weren't defeated by insurgents, after all. And if you want to be an accountant of death, they ALWAYS made sure the ledger favored them.
Israel, ironically, learned this lesson.
- No, the Nazi were not defeated by insurgents, but... - Victor Khomenko 19:13:42 03/12/11 (4)
  ...the partisans in those territories made very significant contribution, and the Polish Armia Ludowa, Armia Krajowa, and Bataliony Chlopskie all gave the German run for their money.
  - And didn't the Russians liquidate anyone who might have... - eppis1 10:48:16 03/13/11 (1)
    ...been able to create an effective, independent postwar government in the eastern bloc? Stalin wanted to prepare to battle with the west well before the one with Germany.
    - Yup. "All resistance if futile." Partisans families, friends, and villages systematically were destroyed. nt - tinear 16:51:10 03/14/11 (0)
      dfs
  - In my international business days, I always thought the Poles were the best of men. nt - tinear 20:08:29 03/12/11 (1)
    sdf
    - We've always known you liked poles. * - mr grits 09:17:13 03/13/11 (0)
      .

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