bastille day ain't about the troops

[Kaizer Sosay]

Dear Mom,
Trip to France took less time than expected. Having great fun.
Love, Dolphy.

[roll]Dolphy[roll]

 

[Kooky Kats]

No.

 

[CastleRubric]

What was it, like 9 days or something like that?

The Nightmare Years by William Shirer is a great account of the 1930-40 period.

the supreme irony was how France insisted on laying the entire economic burden of WW1 on Germany --- so they'd not be a threat again

Germany paid WW1 off in 2010 by the way (a war they didn't start)

France reaped the whirlwind during WW2

I think they lost their entire nation in like 3 or 5 weeks

 

[BlueVelvetFog]

VA merde dans votre chapeau

 

[AustinTXCat]

What was it, like 9 days or something like that?

The Nightmare Years by William Shirer is a great account of the 1930-40 period.

Indeed. Excellent book. Shirer was intimately familiar with the situation. He spent 15 years in Europe (1925-32 in France and 1933-1940 in Germany). His reporting of the 1940 Armistice from Paris beat out everybody, including the Germans.

 

[ThwKentuckyKid]

This?

 

[Kaizer Sosay]

 

[BoulderCat_rivals187983]

You know there’s a canyon south of Boulder called Eldorado Canyon, Eldo to locals, one of the premier climbing areas in the country. There is a very famous climb named the Bastille Crack, a 3 pitch crack climb. I know very few of you will understand that, but I do, and I admired them for their love of their country. Goodness knows I had it for mine.

 

[JohnnyCope]

n’oubliez jamais.

 

[TortElvisII]

n’oubliez jamais.