When did the Brits successfully invade France?
Why do all the Western civilization's countries hate France?
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Ziggy Stardust
Absolutely Sane
1944.
Every summerholiday since then.
Every summerholiday since then.
Hadesspirit
Prince
British didnt invade France lands for a ba purpose in 1944..Their purpose was to dismiss German from French lands..They were on the same side against Germany..
Ziggy Stardust
Absolutely Sane
No kidding 
Well, thanks for educating me
Well, thanks for educating me
Untrue, the summerholiday invaders are the Dutch. And as the Germans in 1940, they send armored divisions!
Ziggy Stardust
Absolutely Sane
True, I'd rather face a Tiger Panzer than the people emerging from these .... things.By the way, click this to put a smile on your face
Brittish anti-armour brigade. My heroes!
Zardnaar
Deity
Over here maybe we inherited some dislike off the British. We don't really hate them but theres alot of stereotypes about French arrogance and not being grateful about the aid in WW1 and 2. Also French nuclear testing and the Rainbow Warrior bombing doesn't help either.
Only terrorist act on or soil was commited by the French.
Only terrorist act on or soil was commited by the French.
Ziggy Stardust
Absolutely Sane
Zardnaar
Deity
I meant that the British have a few stereotypes about the French and a few generations ago the average New Zealander thought of themselves as British.
Ziggy Stardust
Absolutely Sane
Ah, I see, not so ballsy then. 
Masquerouge
Deity
Well, to be honest there is this big hate between Parisians and the rest of France. A bit like New York vs Texas.
They didn't try to invade France as much as realized leaving Normandy was a big mistake, and they wanted to get back home.
Of course by this time Normandy was not available so they tried to settle for Aquitaine.
To their credit, they hung to their French territory quite well.
Yes, but at the time they were still part French. But after they got corrupted, did they succeed again?tried to settle for Aquitaine.
To their credit, they hung to their French territory quite well.
Nobody
Gangster
Thats the main reason i don't like it, they acted like some gangster taking out a hit out our restaurant.
The other big thing is, like green peace or not they were just going to protest, France was testing weapons of mass destruction, and the killed them for expressing there right to freedom of speach.
edit: and i would give 6 rainbow warriors if the ref had just called that stupid forward pass.
Masquerouge
Deity
I kinda remember having that discussion, maybe it was with you, and I totally disagree with the whole Rainbow Warrior operation and how France handled it, but the original plan was simply to sink the boat, not to kill the Greenpeace members, and Greenpeace was not "simply" exercising their rights to freedom of speech, they were planning to enter a restricted military area.
Again, very, very bad thing that France did, but it's not a reason to deviate from History.
JohnRM
Don't make me destroy you
I would dispute whether or not France is most hated, but a lot of the dislike of France, in America, stems from two major events. The first was when the French attempted to interfere in our making peace with the British at the end of the American Revolution. The French wanted to the war to continue for selfish reasons and caused us a lot of trouble. The second was the surrender of the French during World War II. It was, and in some circles, still is believed that the surrender took place simply to save Paris from destruction. Regardless, our men (all Allies) died fighting the Vichy French and the Germans, using the land and resources that was surrendered to them.
Godwynn
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The French didn't wait to join World War II. They probably dislike us for standing by while the dark hand of fascism swept across the continent.
Jawz II
Oh Dear
I think that this cliché is not a "baseless accusation" since it's spreaded enough to recongize that is not something from my imagination. Btw, I've never watched Fox News (it's quite hard to do in Catalonia).
PS: Thanks for the award! I'm da numba 1
Youre da numpty one.
So, you would be happier if several thousands hundreds more French had been killed, Paris destroyed, and the Germans win in September 1940 instead of June? Because there was no way for the French to win in June 1940.
The only solution was what De Gaulle did: stop the war in France, rebuild an army from England and the Colonies and come back.
Zenon_pt
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Me too!
PS: Thanks Portugal for avoiding the unification of the peninsula under Castile!
You welcome!
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