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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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Code name for June 6 1944 the allied invasion of Normandy France?
The destruction of all the mains towns, and of many villages of Normandy, under allied bombs caused 50,000 civilian casualties among French civilians. More children died as a result of the bombs, than German troops because of the combats.
Who was the Allied commander of the invasion of Normandy?
Dwight D Eisenhower
Eisenhower was Supreme Allied commander of allied forces
Montgomery was allied commander of all Normandy ground forces he was in charge of the 21 army group he was also the Highest ranking officer until Eisenhower was promoted to Montgomery's equal in Rank in December 1944
How do you say very well see you tomorrow in french?
on se verra demain A demain (the a has an accent mark above it.)
Bordeaux Marseille and Lyon are all cities found in which European country?
bordeaux, Marseille, Lyon are towns in France.
The allied invasion of France to free western Europe from the Nazis was known as what?
The Invasion of Normandy, Operation Overlord on D-Day.
D-Day was the Allied invasion of Normandy, France. It gave the Allies a foothold in western France and would cause the Germans to retreat. The significant factor was that large numbers of Allied forces could safely land on parts of France that the Allies held. It was also a significant morale boost for the Allies. Germany now found itself fighting on three fronts. Fighting Allied troops in Italy, Russia and France.
What mistake did France make in a potential German invasion of France?
The first major French failure was that of over centralization and miscalculation. The French had an extremely slow and over centralized Army command structure leading to unnecessary delays in the decision making and planning processes.
Another grievous mistake of the French manifested itself in the pre-war planning process. The French, in a moment of clarity recognized their inability to react quickly to dynamic situations as a result of their command structure.
The tax system in France is rather complicated.
Taxes on consumption :
The TVA (= VAT) concerns every product :
It is 19,6 % high, except on some products (food, some building improvement works, etc.)
The TIPP (Inner Tax on oil Products) is a special tax on oil and oil products. It represents the large majority of the gazoline price.
Undirect taxes on Income.
Every salary is concerned by social deduction to finance
- unemployement
- Retirement fund
- Health Care
- CSG (a special tax to finance the "RMI" Minimal Insertion Income)
The employer also pays a share of those taxes.
direct taxes on Income
- Every year the French RIS sends out a tax form to everyone on which you have to declare all your incomes.
The tax scale is progressive, the more you earn, the higher the percentage will be.
A average salary will pay around 8 % of Income tax
There are also
tax on turnover
Tax on gains
Tax on wealth
Land tax
Corporate tax
on savings
Why did the Allies fight the Axis powers?
The Allies entered the war on September 3, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland, which was allies with Britain and France.
The United States entered the war on December 7, 1941, when Japan, Hitler's ally, attacked pearl harbor, before declaring war on the United States, which they had intended to do minutes before the attack via a note from the Japanese representatives who had been in America to discuss peace terms, but the note was not delivered on time, but instead some time after the attack.
This is a very brief description of the reason for the allies entering world war 2, but is meant to be an overview. If you want to know more, I suggest looking up operations Barbarosa and Overlord on wikipedia.
The old mining tunnels under Paris (later the catacombs) are 3-10 feet under the street in most areas, however, later on they go deeper and deeper. Some urban explorers even report finding that they go as deep as 50-75 feet below. The catacombs are vast, pitch-black, easy to get lost in. Strange pictographs are seen on the walls, galleries of bones exist. The catacombs are most uncharted. As they go deeper, it becomes more visible that the tunnels were once used for mining. The primitive limestone becomes cruder and cruder and the walls eventually become nothing but carved out bedrock. No one is sure exactly how deep they go, if they have some sort of final area. Few people are brave enough to go down very deep. Some tunnels have collapsed and/or flooded. There are also several legends about them. Ancient cults, Paris' rather sketchy characters and the entrance to hell itself all exist down there according to popular belief (by popular I mean the kids on my block).
What beaches did troops land in on d day?
Sword Beach
3rd British Infantry Division
27th Armoured Brigade
79th Armoured Division
1st British Commando Brigade
4th British Commando Brigade
No. 10 Commando (Inter Allied, mostly French, also Dutch and Belgians)
Juno Beach
3rd Canadian Division
4th British Special Services Brigade
Gold Beach
50th British Division (Northumbrian)
General Headquarters Liason Regiment
Omaha Beach
1st United States Infantry Division
29th United States Infantry Division
2nd Ranger Battalion
Utah Beach
4th United States Infantry Division
No, -soldiers seldom think deeply about the things their Commanders say.
(are you looking for French recipes? or ingredients?)
some French recipes:
poule au riz
poulet rôti
steack-frites
endives au jambon
avocat au crabe
roti de porc
boudin - purée
saucisse - lentilles
soufflé au fromage
ficelles picardes
haricot de mouton
What does blue white and red mean in France?
Actually, it's blue, white and red - reading from the flagpole outwards.
In the early days of the revolution, the people of Paris, fearful that the King was sending foreign mercenary soldiers to occupy the city, called out the local militia to defend them. This body needed some form of identification, so they made armbands and cockades in the colours of the city's coat of arms - blue and red. Later, when a brief accommodation was made between King and people, and the King had been forced to wear the cockade, a compromise was reached under which the new flag included the blue and red, with the addition of the white from the Bourbon family's royal flag. This proved popular and remained even after the execution of the King. Successive governments - the First republic, the Directory, the Consulate and Napoleon's Empire - adopted the tricolour, which disappeared for a time under the restoration, to return permanently in 1848.
A common interpretation is that the blue, white and red stand for the principles of the French Revolution - liberty, equality, and fraternity respectively - but this is a poetic re-interpretation, rather than based on any historical evidence.
I seem to answer this one on a regular basis.
The coat of arms of Paris is blue and red. At the storming of the Bastille, those attackers who had no uniform wore blue and red cockades. Later, when the KIng was a prisoner of the Parisians, it was Lafayette who suggested that a good new flag for the reformed French state would be the blue and red of Paris, enclosing the white of the old régime's Bourbon flag. This seemed a good idea at the time, and has proved most durable.
Note that the French flag is not red, white and blue, but blue, white and read (reading, as one does with flags, from the flagpole outwards).
The red also means blood from the french revalotion
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What were allied forces planning to do during d-day?
They were planning to attack 5 beaches, Omaha, Utah, Juno, Sword and Gold in France to liberate France from the nazis.
What is one thing that is similar about France and the US?
Every country is similar to each other in some way..France is amazing though. A better question would be how it is different...
What involvement did France have in world war 1?
Ever since 1871 France had been bitterly hostile to Germany because of the harsh treatment at the end of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. In 1871 France had been forced to hand over most of Alsace and Lorraine to the newly unified Germany and to pay substantial reparations. The defeat of France in about six months had raised a little question- mark beside its claim to great power status. One of the reasons why the annexation of Alsace and Lorraine caused such resentment was the inhabitants (though German-speaking in the Alsace) identified with France and saw themselves as French. They were never really accepted as German in Germany. In his retirement, Bismarck said that the treatment of France in 1871 had been a blunder as it had created a permanent enemy. Following Germany's declaration of war on Russia in 1914, France was obliged under the terms of its treaty with Russia (dating from 1892) to assist Russia. Moreover, over 3 million German troops were advancing towards France. Joncey
Who was the french foreign minister in 1802?
[jean]silvain van DE weyer 1st Belgian minister for foreign affairs 1831
What was the war between Britain and France called?
It was called the Peninsular War and was a part of the larger Napoleonic Wars. It was fought by Spain and her allies England and Portugal. The allied army was commanded by an English General, Sir Arthur Wellesley, who later became the 1st Duke of Wellington.
Wellington finally ended the Napoleonic Wars by defeating Napoleon at Waterloo.
6 June 1944, allied invasion of Normandy, France and referred to a 'D Day'
What is Sophia mean in french?
Sophie does not just mean wisdom. it means high knowledge. i know because that's what mine means. its freaky because i am five time brighter than anyoe else my age. and my name means high knowledge
What was the purpose for the Normandy invasion?
It forced Hitler to fight on several fronts (Italy, Russia, and France) dividing his forces. Germany was defeated less than a year after the invasion. This was a good and lucky thing for americans.
"I miss talking to you" is an English equivalent of the French phrase Ça me manque de te parler. The pronunciation of the declarative clause in the present indicative of the third person impersonal singular -- which translates literally as "It is lacking/missing to me to talk to you" -- will be "sah mawnk tuh par-ley" in northerly French and "sah muh mawnk duh tuh par-ley" in southerly French.
