re: #48 Nevergiveup

Vichy himself included. But remember the premise of the movie “Casablanca”, admittedly a U.S. propaganda masterpiece, that opportunism doubtless play a large part in French attitudes at the time. WWII was the second time we had kicked the Germans out of France, and it was in our interests to do so.

Some old WWII U.S. vets I knew remembered fondly the extremely “enthusiastic” welcomes they got from French women at the time of liberation!