The slight anti-French bias among these pages is understandable. Yes the French didn’t play a major part in WW2, yes they, today still, can be a bit arrogant from time to time, yes they’re no good at English (which leaves them at a numerical disadvantage on sites such as this) and no, as a people, they don’t currently hold a great passion or fascination for warfare (which possibly is connected to having had it tear right through the middle of their country a bit too often in recent history) -a bit more than the Anglo-Saxon countries anyway (and I hold an Aussie passport too so can speak for some of this culture as well). BUT None of this means they were (re: previous comment) “just for show” The French lost 567 600 people in WW2 -admittedly, only 217 600 were military deaths -(please forgive them if didn’t beat their 1.4 million WW1 record) - and I seriously doubt all of these were just guys tripping over their rifles. And yes the Free French were a minority but they did their bit -my own great uncle (1st free French Division) died at the gates of Rome on June 5th 1944, liberating someone else’s city too. Finally, I’d just like to say that I love this site, not the least for the fun inter-cultural jousting that goes on -something I can well understand, having spent my life straddling two very old (and to me beloved) rivals in the field. Cheers!