The liberation of France in 1944 following the D-Day landings saw scenes of jubilation and celebration. However, there was also a darker side to the liberation that was also caught by the cameras.
I've since seen, from a questionable source that Winston Churchill helped her escape . She was a collaborator though, no doubt about it and an ally of the Vichy government.
I understand where you’re coming from, and I agree that it was a bad situation all around, but personally “sleeping with the Nazis” isn’t a hill I’d want to die on. Thank you for sharing though!
Oh, those brave men of France! As soon as they finished licking the jackboots of their conquerors, they turned around and attacked their helpless countrywomen. Such glory!
Considering amount of collaboration with Germans that French did, and the tiny percentage in Resistance, the majority would go bald. It was all some psychological act to wash off the general shame of impotence.
I wonder why this didn't happen to Coco Chanel?
I've since seen, from a questionable source that Winston Churchill helped her escape . She was a collaborator though, no doubt about it and an ally of the Vichy government.
Indirectly yes, she had connections in the British aristocracy who petitioned Churchill from what I have seen.
I understand where you’re coming from, and I agree that it was a bad situation all around, but personally “sleeping with the Nazis” isn’t a hill I’d want to die on. Thank you for sharing though!
Oh, those brave men of France! As soon as they finished licking the jackboots of their conquerors, they turned around and attacked their helpless countrywomen. Such glory!
The great story by John Cheever, “The Country Husband,” has a harrowing scene of one such public humiliation.
Considering amount of collaboration with Germans that French did, and the tiny percentage in Resistance, the majority would go bald. It was all some psychological act to wash off the general shame of impotence.
Liar Barbie is gonna get a new haircut.
This is what should happen to feminists
Because commies are vicious psychopaths.
It certainly doesn't seem like Europe was liberated now, and why didn't the article talk about the mass rape by the Russians?