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French History

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  • 19-06-2006 11:59am
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    FillSpectre
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    I am not sure on history that much but I was talking to somebody and we got to thinking the French instability was a big issue world wide. As we were working on vague memory we aren't sure what really happened during WWII and french territries anybody know what was going on.

    We basically blamed the French for African instability and the Veitnam War and weren't sure if they made things bad in South America too.


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    Merrill
    Registered Users Posts: 30 ✭Merrill


    Yeah, and don't forget to blame them for 911, Aids and the tsunami


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    qz
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    FillSpectre wrote:
    I am not sure on history that much but I was talking to somebody and we got to thinking the French instability was a big issue world wide. As we were working on vague memory we aren't sure what really happened during WWII and french territries anybody know what was going on.

    We basically blamed the French for African instability and the Veitnam War and weren't sure if they made things bad in South America too.

    Yeah, nicely done. :rolleyes:


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    FillSpectre
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    Why I believe the french are at least partcially to blame for the Vietnam War
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_war
    "France had gained control of Indochina in a series of colonial wars beginning in the 1840s and lasting until the 1880s. At the Treaty of Versailles negotiations in 1919, Hồ Chí Minh requested participation in order to arrange more freedom for the Indochinese colonies. His request was rejected, and Indochina's status as a colony of France remained unchanged. During World War II, Vichy France had collaborated with the occupying Imperial Japanese forces. Vietnam was under effective Imperial Japanese control, as well as de facto Japanese administrative control, although the Vichy French continued to serve as the official administrators until 1944. In that year, the Japanese overthrew the French and humiliated the colonial officials of the state in front of the Vietnamese population. The Japanese then began to encourage nationalist activity among the Vietnamese. Late in the war, Japan granted Vietnam nominal independence. After the Japanese surrender, Vietnamese nationalists expected to take control of the country and organize a socialist dictatorship. The Japanese army in Indochina attempted to assist the Viet Minh in their goal by keeping French soldiers imprisoned and handing over public buildings to Vietnamese nationalist groups."

    Of course I just made up everything about France.:rolleyes: It is not a serious game of blame but more me asking about French history I am not aware of. I though people in this section of boards might know something and/or good links. Thanks for your help guys


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    AdrianR
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    As colonists France didn't have a particularly good reputation.

    The French invaded Mexico in the 1860s after the Mexicans had kicked out the Spanish, they didn't behave very well there.

    As for blaming them for the Vietnam war, that's pushing it as the French had been kicked out by the Vietnamese at that stage, they should have pulled out after WW2 but they just didn't know when to quit.


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