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beera

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Oh, man . . . I almost feel ashamed for laughing at that! I think the Legionaires might take offense that you think all French military are apt to surrender . . . oh, wait -- they're mostly foreigners? Nevermind. . .
 
I’m laughing too, with no offence meant to any nationality. I swear I can take it as much as I give it. -john:)
 
Russian army doesn't need any bottle openers. Cheap vodka brands are sealed with foil cap - once opened it shoul be drinked up!
 
Good one!

But wasn't it the French flleet that saved George Washington's bacon in his little fight with the British many years ago? They kept the redcoats from sailing down from NYC and whipping up on poor old George.


War's end
The northern, southern, and naval theaters of the war converged in 1781 at Yorktown, Virginia. In early September, French naval forces defeated a British fleet at the Battle of the Chesapeake, cutting off Cornwallis's supplies and transport. Washington hurriedly moved his troops from New York, and a combined Franco-American force of 17,000 men commenced the siege of Yorktown in early October. Cornwallis's position quickly became untenable, and on October 19, 1781, his army surrendered.


Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown (John Trumbull, 1797). On the right is the American flag, on the left is the white flag of the French monarchy. Despite the painting's title, Cornwallis (claiming illness) was not present and is not depicted. Washington is on horseback in the right background; because the British commander was absent, military protocol dictated that Washington have a subordinate—in this case Benjamin Lincoln—accept the surrender.It was far from clear at the time that the war had effectively ended: the British still had a substantial number of troops in America, and still occupied New York and Charleston. Fighting continued on the western front, in the south, and at sea, and Washington feared that the war would drag on for another year. Both sides continued to plan upcoming operations.

In London, however, political support for the war plummeted; Prime Minister Lord North resigned soon after hearing the news of the surrender. In April 1782, the British House of Commons voted to end the war in America. Preliminary peace articles were signed in Paris in November 1782, though the formal end of the war did not occur until the Treaty of Paris was signed on September 3, 1783 and the United States Congress ratified the treaty on January 14, 1784. The last British troops left New York City on November 25, 1783.

Great Britain negotiated the Paris peace treaty without consulting her Indian allies, and ceded all American Indian territory between the Applachians and the Mississippi River to the United States. Full of resentment, Native Americans reluctantly confirmed these land cessions with the United States in a series of treaties, but the fighting would be renewed in conflicts along the frontier in the coming years, the largest being the Northwest Indian War.

The reasons for Great Britain's misfortunes and defeat may be summarized as follows: Misconception by the home government of the temper and reserve strength of her colonists; disbelief at the outset in the probability of a protracted struggle covering the immense territory in America; consequent failure of the British to use their more efficient military strength effectively; the safe and Fabian generalship of Washington; and perhaps most significantly, the French alliance and European combinations by which at the close of the conflict left Great Britain without a friend or ally on the continent.
 
DGG said:
War's end
The northern, southern, and naval theaters of the war converged in 1781 at Yorktown, Virginia. In early September, French naval forces defeated a British fleet at the Battle of the Chesapeake, cutting off Cornwallis's supplies and transport. Washington hurriedly moved his troops from New York, and a combined Franco-American force of 17,000 men commenced the siege of Yorktown in early October. Cornwallis's position quickly became untenable, and on October 19, 1781, his army surrendered.

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The reasons for Great Britain's misfortunes and defeat may be summarized as follows: Misconception by the home government of the temper and reserve strength of her colonists; disbelief at the outset in the probability of a protracted struggle covering the immense territory in America; consequent failure of the British to use their more efficient military strength effectively; the safe and Fabian generalship of Washington; and perhaps most significantly, the French alliance and European combinations by which at the close of the conflict left Great Britain without a friend or ally on the continent.
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Um.... will this be on the mid-term? ;)
 
LOL, are you insinuating that we Americans have more use for a magnifying glass than the other nations? And, of course, that big black blade isn't intended to compensate for anything.... LOL
 
In France we have some good jokes about English too. The problem is we have to repeat and repeat and repeat them before the English understand.

dantzk.
 
But you don't have a knife joke about the English, so we win :p

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It's true i don't have any knife joke about the English. There are so many "English jokes" i can't remember all. I have to add your French army knife is a well seen good joke. Congrats.

dantzk.
 
beera said:
But you don't have a knife joke about the English, so we win :p

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I've got some Irish in my veins, so don't even ask me for English jokes.
 
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