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Originally Posted by Futurist110
Why fight France, though? After all, France was indebted to us after the end of World War II. Indeed, one might even be able to argue that France was the U.S.'s "biitch" right after the end of World War II!
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And France was absolutely set on not being the US's "*****". They were recovering from a huge embarrassment in June 1940, followed by a collaborationist government and an economy that was in shambles. The last thing they wanted to do was give up an important part of their empire and an important source of income before the war.
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