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Old 03-12-2009, 11:32 PM   #61
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I read or heard something like that. I don't think it is true. They'd miss the pilot's skill if he crashed.

Better idea....
- It wasn't like their artillery was accurate. A bit of own-fire....ooops was that you Charles?
On the plane thing, I've seen it in a half dozen different sources including an interview with the pilot who inspected the plane after he couldn't take off.

They being every ally really hated Charlie boy and thought that he was doing more harm then good in the liberation of France and the D-Day invasion.

In short, he gets way to much credit for leading the french resistance.
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Old 03-12-2009, 11:35 PM   #62
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Actually the French have a very respectable version of air cavalry and their special forces troops are top notch. The problem with the french military has been with their leadership, and their political masters who have lost wars due to their arrogance and unfounded superiority complex. They haven't had a truly good military leader since Napoleon.
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Old 03-13-2009, 12:07 AM   #63
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On a side note does anyone plan to see the latest documentary on nazi occupied France:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vcjNYWlqxU
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