French (was GDG- new visitor center review)-HOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Robert Lawrence]

HOOK!! 

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<<From: gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com 
<<[mailto:gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com] On Behalf Of Gitt, Doug
<<Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 9:16 AM
<<To: gettysburg at arthes.com
<<Subject: RE: French (was GDG- new visitor center review)
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<<Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
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<<I agree it is OT, but in fairness to the French:
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<<Everyone who is "anti-French" should visit the Verdun 
<<Battlefield, specifically the Ossuary and cemetery.  The 
<<Ossuary contains the remains, the bones, of thousands of 
<<French dead recovered from the Battlefield.  And these are 
<<the unidentified dead!  Next, one should walk into an area 
<<that is "off-limits" because of thousands of dud artillery 
<<rounds and other live munitions.  The ground is nothing, 
<<nothing but destroyed fortifications and shell holes and 
<<craters, with no trees older than 1920.
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<<No wonder the French Army mutinied.  Small wonder that France 
<<supported Great Britain in appeasing Hitler.
<<
<<Doug
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<<From: "Vallely, John" <VALLELY at siena.edu>
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<<
<<...In the interests of historical fairness it is appropriate 
<<to mention that France was in both world wars long before the 
<<United States. In terms of fairness one should also note that 
<<the French loss in World War I was as grievous as that of the 
<<Confederate States in our Civil War. World War II is always 
<<cited as an example of French "cowardice" but no one refers 
<<to the French Revolutionary, Napoleonic, or First World War 
<<armies. The miserable French military, social, and political 
<<experience in 1940 owes a great deal to the lasting effects 
<<of the trauma of 1914-1918.(snip)
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<<    Sorry for the length of the above. Calling an entire 
<<nation cowards always strikes me as nonsense. It is like 
<<saying all German Americans behaved as the XI Corps did at 
<<Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. Simply not accurate, or fair.
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<<                   John
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