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France in WW2
The French participation in World War 2, in both the European and Pacific theaters of the war. Questions regarding the Vichy government are also welcome here.
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Is jersey nearer England or France?
Jersey is one of the channel islands and so is located in the English Channel - it's much closer to the French coast than the English side being to the West of the Cherbourg peninsula. You can even see France from Jersey!
J'ai l'amour de Dieu plus que tout?
I have the love of Dieu more than anything (?)
sorry i tried im only a french begginer
How do you say sex appeal in French?
"Sex appeal" is part of the English words/phrases generally admitted and understood in French.
Ex: Il/Elle (He/she) a (has) du sex appeal.
Or you could simply use the word "sexy".
Ex: Il/elle est (is) sexy.
For a girl only, you could use "elle a du chien", which I think becomes slightly obsolete though.
What does je vous aime et j espere que nous mean?
This isnt a complete sentence, it simply means:
"I love you and i hope we..."
Does the Paris Opera House really have a lake inside it?
Well.... The Opéra Garnier (there are now two opera houses in Paris, and oddly enough the older one now stages mainly ballet) is indeed built over an underground river - actually an old branch of the Seine. The basement of the Opéra was separated from the water by the building of a double wall. Gaston Leroux, in the original 'Phantom' book, situates the Phantom's 'torture chamber' in the space between the two walls. So the geography of the book is based on truth. it is interesting to note that the chandelier actually fell, too - on 20 May 1896. Mny people were injured, but only one died, a woman in the 4th balcony.
What is the fortification problem?
The Fundamental Problem of Fortification is the name given to the concept of the advantages of Offense versus Defense. In preparing a defensive strategy, a business or country must account for all possible offensive tactics. The offensive party, on the other hand, only has to find one weakness.
The Maginot Line is a good wartime example of an extremely strong defense against Germans attacking from the German Border. Unfortunately for France, the Germans decided not to attack the wall directly, and it provided no protection against the German assault coming through the Ardennes forest and flanking the wall.
More modern uses of the Fundamental Problem of Fortification arise in the concept of server security. I read about a company (who I don't recall now) who wanted to test the efficiency of security. They bought the best of everything (firewalls, anti-virus, etc) to protect them and issued a challenge to the world to see if anyone could get through their security. I believe it took around fifteen minutes. Hackers and security are always walking step-in-step. The hackers will find a security flaw and exploit it. Security will then issue a patch to stop this flaw. The hackers will then find another flaw to exploit. As you can see, the defense is always reactionary, moving one step behind the offense. No matter how many holes are patched, the hacker only needs to find a single weakness.
Again, the defense needs to be impervious to all possible assaults from all possible angles. The offense only has to find a single weakness. Who has the advantage and will always win?
"species"
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"sort of" (ie : "J'ai vu un OVNI, c'était une espèce d'avions bizarre")
From June 1940 till June 1944 most of France was ruled by the Vichy regime. The Free French were initially a small group that sought to represent the true France.
The Vichy government was a puppet regime based in the south while the Germans retained complete power in the north. The Free French were based in London under the leadership of General de Gaulle.
The Germans occupied the Vichy portion of France in 1942 after it became clear that the French colonies in Africa and the middle-east and their colonial garrisons were slowly going over to the Free French coupled with the allied invasion of western north Africa in operation torch (the British were actually already in Africa but at the East end).
This meant that the Vichy government whilst retaining it's civil powers (which it technically had in the northern region as well) just became a complete puppet in both regions.
The masquisards were a group of French resistance fighters. They were active during the occupation of France during World War 1.
What major mistake did the Allies make in preparing to defend against Germany's attack on France?
The major mistake that the Allies made in preparing for Germany's attack in 1940 was their assumption that the Ardennes Forest was impassable. They concentrated their forces to the north and south of it. When Germany attacked through the Ardennes, they encountered weak resistance, which allowed them to complete their plan of encircling the allied armies.
What does Tesavoo mean in french?
Tesavoo doesn't mean anything. But you might mean "taisez vous" which means "shut it" to another group of people you're talking to. 66D5A0A4-EE2E-42AC-9EE9-A2267DEA5C89
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What words are feminine and masculine in French?
One example would be vase.
"Un vase" is a vase, used for holding flowers.
"La vase" is the fine mud found at the bottom of rivers.
This is unusual because the change of gender completely alters the meaning.
The word "eleve" can be masculine or feminine according to the gender of the student concerned, but it is always a student.
