missing the point
Over the weekend, I read a book called History of the German People, written just after World War II by a member of the British Royal Air Force, which argues that, from the 10th century to the present day (that is, 1946), most of Europe’s problems and all of its wars have been caused by the insatiable territorial ambitions of France.
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Those frogs.
As you say, missing the point.
It's an interesting hypothesis but doesn't excuse anything about German behavior during WWII, not on the battlefield but towards its own.
Interesting. I suppose by France he means the Franks?
And from the other side ... in 1988, when I was studying in France in high school (at an American school with French teachers), one of my classmates asked our teacher why the French disliked the British so much. As I recall it was in the context of wondering why there seemed to be so much friendship being expressed with then-West Germany, which had OCCUPIED their country within the previous generation.
The teacher responded: "D'abord, ils ont tue Jeanne D'Arc" (For starters, they killed Joan of Arc.)
I guess the Brits can jump back to the Norman conquest.
Actually, I get it...it was probably written by a Canadian!
The fights, the slights, the agony between Quebec and English Canada go back 4 centuries, and no one gets along unless they are having sex with each other. *Sigh*
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