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11. Not to mention the decisive role France played in the American Revolution...

Reply to benld74 (Reply #4)

Sun May 7, 2017, 08:53 PM

May 2017

Their power played an enormous part in ending the conflict in the colonists favor.

https://www.pri.org/stories/2014-07-04/how-french-won-american-revolution
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"The [colonists'] victory at Yorktown would not have been possible without the French. French money and credit paid for the campaign. French troops made up half the army there. French military engineers largely directed the siege. And most importantly the French navy repelled the British navy’s attempt to rescue the besieged British army."
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Freepers are having a fit over France...(again) [View all] Archae May 2017 OP

Fuck them. roamer65 May 2017 #1

We don't link to the freepers here. L. Coyote May 2017 #2

Checked out a few comments jeanmarc May 2017 #3

Eff them! My great grandfather fought in WWI for France benld74 May 2017 #4

The French fought a brutal Nazi occupation. roamer65 May 2017 #6

Not to mention the decisive role France played in the American Revolution... VOX May 2017 #11

A talking point that Jonah Goldberg stole from The Simpsons underpants May 2017 #5

Time for some Liberte Frites .... OnDoutside May 2017 #7

Guess this means they'll delete the French flag layover on their facebook profile pictures tenderfoot May 2017 #8

Isn't their life a constant fit, by definition? They are permanently unhinged. NRaleighLiberal May 2017 #9

I wonder if any of them even know duncang May 2017 #10

There's 10 lifetimes of things to read before one should go to that site. WinkyDink May 2017 #12

All that Surrender stuff is BS D_Master81 May 2017 #13

God forbid that people have democratic elections... Xolodno May 2017 #14

The entire reason for this anti-France hysteria... Archae May 2017 #15

One of them said retrowire May 2017 #16

Lafayette. (n/t) Iggo May 2017 #17

"in 20 years, France will be Islamic" AgadorSparticus May 2017 #18

You need a BIG BOLD WARNING about that link. Foamfollower May 2017 #19