France in WW2

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'

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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.

La Ville De L'amour means the city of love in french.

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There had been no investment during the war and parts the country had been badly damaged during the liberation of France. In particular, the transport network needed urgent attention. Initially, the currency was devalued by 50% (!) against the pound, but further devaluations proved inevitable. In short, France was in a mess. Moreover, it had a large Communist Party which caused considerable civil unrest in the spring of 1947. Politically, France was unstable, and until 1958 it was common for the adminstration to change every few months. The problem was made worse by the desperate wars intended to keep Vietnam and Algeria under French rule. Conditions changed when Charles de Gaulle became president in 1958 and the constiution was changed in such a way as to strenghten the powers of the president. In an amazing speech in May 1958 he told the French to obey (!) him - an order that produced several minutes of delirious applause.

When Germany invaded Poland in 1939, France and Britain, who had promised aid to Poland if Germany invaded, entered the war on the Allied side, thus starting the Second World War.

The Germany started the final offensive against France, seizing Paris, breaking through the Maginot Line and forcing the French Government to ask an armistice.

The German invasion of France started on 10 May 1940 and resulted in the French surrendering on 22 June 1940.

England united with Scotland and became the United Kingdom of Great Britain.

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The strategic location was not the whole of north Africa, but the Suez canal and the surrounding territory in Egypt. Had the Nazis managed to conquer the Suez canal (which they set out to do) it would have severely hampered Britain's connection with its colonies, which Britain sorely needed for troops and raw materials. Also, a German victory in Egypt might well have turned the Arab world to the side of Germany.

It may also be noted that Allied landings in Western/Northern Africa went basically unopposed. This was important as Italian diplomat Ciano predicted that this landing would inevitablely lead to a direct Allied assault on Italy.

Several countries used or currently use currency denominated in francs.

If you're referring to French or Belgian francs, they were withdrawn from circulation in 2002 when the euro was introduced so it's difficult to make a comparison to the current USD. At that time the French franc was worth about 22¢ and the Belgian franc was worth about 2¢.

If you're referring to Swiss francs, they're still in use. However exchange rates change every day so any answer posted here would be out of date almost immediately. While it's not normal Wiki s policy to say "use the Internet", that's the best approach in this case. You can check a site such as www.xe.com, CNNMoney, etc. for the latest conversion factors.

If you born on January 1, 1943 (Friday)

Then your age is 75 years, 1 month, 2 weeks, and 4 days

You must be referring to Charles De Gaulle who set up a pro-allied frence government after Germany took North France and Vichy France took South France. De Gaulle had his French government based in Algiers.

The Corporate State recruited french people to work in German factories and employed people in the 'Milice' (paramilitary force created January 30, 1943 by the Vichy Regime).

They pursued Jews, Communists and other political opponents plus resistance fighters. In 1943, Compulsory Labour Service was introduced but ironically it helped the membership of the resistance movements grow.

The Supreme (overall) commander was General Eisenhower. He had three deputy commanders: FM Montgomery-land forces; Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay-naval forces; Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory-air forces.

Unlikely, Hitler in Germany was intent on revenge for the humiliation of WWI.

They mostly carried the strongest gun for France at the time was the sten a full automatic weapon that is cheap but effective.

Partially, it was because at the time many felt that the terms of the Treaty of Versailles were too severe, however, the bigger reason was the fear of war which many politicans of the time felt, since the memory of the horrors of WWI was still felt.

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The country that would have had to act - and quickly - was France. (The French had troops only 60-70 miles away). However, France was deeply divided at the time between Left and Right and was heading for a general election. It was in a particularly bad position to undertake any vigorous action in foreign affairs.

World War II was the deadliest conflict in world history. There were anywhere from 44-46 million military losses, and roughly 30-32 million civilian casualties, totaling roughly 70 million casualties although the exact numbers are debated by scholars.

The Allies (including France and England) had made an agreement with Germany after the first World War called the Treaty of Versailles. Hitler broke the Treaty by doing things like marching troops into the Rhineland in 1936, but the first thing he did when the Nazis came to power in 1933 was build up the army and air force. These things were all forbidden by the Treaty of Versailles, but the Allies used appeasement - the policy of giving in to avoid war - which lead to Hitler taking over Austria and the Sudetenland, then a few months later the rest of Czechoslovakia (as it was called then) and finally Poland, which caused Britain and France to declare war.

France built the Maginot line, after the name of a minister who built it. It was a line of forts running on the eastern border to protect France against Germany, but which proved useless as the German invasion went by another route through Belgium.

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