• shoulderoforion
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    85 months ago

    the french also “floated” defending the maginot line, ultimately opting against, lol

    • Skua
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      285 months ago

      I mean, they did defend the Maginot. The Germans went around it.

    • @Jumi@lemmy.world
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      205 months ago

      Are you aware the Germans went around the Maginot? Which is the kind of trouble you wouldn’t go through if the border wasn’t defended.

      • @sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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        65 months ago

        As an American, still kinda funny. Not sure why we tease the French, they helped us with our revolution and gave us a great deal on a huge chunk of land, but here we are.

          • @sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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            15 months ago

            Maybe? I was also against the Iraq War, but I was young-ish at the time and don’t remember if we teased the French before then as well. It was never serious though, like the rivalry between England/UK and France.

            • @inlandempire@jlai.lu
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              5 months ago

              Yeah uk and france are like siblings constantly fighting lol

              For the us for example the term “freedom fries” was coined because of the Iraq situation haha

      • verity_kindle
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        25 months ago

        No, it’s not. Helm’s Deep will hold as long as there are Francophobes to defend it.