Bastille Day
Sound your bicycle bells. Break out the baguettes. It’s Bastille Day! Happy national day to France. The republic that gave us; topless sunbathing, vigorous political debate, several different varieties of cheese, Voltaire, effortlessly chic stripey t-shirts, a terrific accent and of course, champagne.
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Vive la France, it’s Bastille Day! The French national holiday that celebrates the storming of the Bastille in 1789.
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Peter says:
Reg, there are a lot of little countries left out of the victors equation. Greece kept the Germans bogged down for ages after they took care of the Italians, and there were other little players in Europe. All im saying, in the west we tend to discount the role the… Read more »
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Reg says:
Now Peter that’s more than a little austere. You left out the British and the Polish and the men in the ships supplying Russia, and others who held the Western front and ensured that Russia received the support it needed to win the war in the East. The US dithering… Read more »
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