French Customs OC

**jacodpwns rolls 39** dubs and its not aliens, its ghosts

And the soviets.

My apologies, I thought we were talking about WW2 in general.

Austrailians, Icelandish (i think), Irish? , Scots...

the Irish and Scottish had nothing to do with world war 2 lad maybe irish or scottish descendants were soldiers but not the government and country itself

Okay thanks :) ah i see you used 'lad' you a fellow northerner ? (yorkshire here)

Britain was at war with Germany, which includes a lot of scots, northern irish and welsh troops <--- coming from an Englishman

NATO
FUCK YEAH

Jamaicans

kudos to the allies for toppling a massive genocide in general

Yes, what you said.

I made this?

this guy is correct. i've seen this like 10 times since January. and more before that. have a nice day, now get the fuck off funny junk.

all you done was change the nationality of the guy from British to American (or w/e it was) and add the last panel so don't claim it is OC when it isn't

New to me

you're actually so dumb lol
first of all you claim its your 'OC' and when i called you out on your bullshit you said its new to you...think about that you retarded fag

The Americans faced the worst of the fighting. Canadian and British forces (who made up 50% of the landing forces) faced relatively light resistance. The poor suckers on Omaha Beach faced resistance that was far heavier than expected during an operation in which pretty much nothing went to plan. Deaths on most of the beaches were always in the hundreds; deaths at Omaha reached 3000.

Before you say "HURR DURR AMERICAN BEING STOOPID," I'm British. I'm just being fair. The reason we think mainly of Omaha and American sacrifice when we think of D-Day is because the American sacrifice was far greater.

Just a continuation of my comment.
Juno beach had the MOST soldiers defending it, albeit the least experienced.
But they weren't in a position where they needed a lot of experience to do what they were doing.

LOL WUT.
Someone's never heard of Juno beach.

The total deaths suffered by Canadian and British forces at Juno Beach were 10 times smaller than at Omaha.

Just because they didn't die doesn't mean they made any less of a contribution.
Canadians also fought in the harshest conditions in Italy through mountains guarded by SS and dirty, urban fighting.
Pushed the furthest during D-Day.
But just because they didnt die means they did nothing?

Did I suggest that they did nothing? Did I suggest that Canadians made no contribution to the war effort? I merely explained why we tend to consider the American experience of D-Day when we think of that operation, and why this isn't unjustified.

Fine, by me.
But it's bullshit.

Because?

Just as large contributions were made.

I don't understand the idea of seperating the contributions made by each allied nation. When I see films documenting D-Day from the American perspective, I don't think to myself "Oh my God, those dicks, British people did things too!" I think that it is entirely rational to focus on the beach on which the heaviest fighting and loss of life occured, whatever the nationality of the troops on that beach.

I think what he means is that most Americans consider their part the ONLY part that mattered at all, and that we were given credit for the entire win at D-day. The British, the Canadians, and the Americans did do what they did, and did so very well. Yes, the American casualties were much grater than anticipated, but that is all people seem to know or care about.

"most Americans consider their part the ONLY part that mattered at all"

Prove it. Prove that statement.

Well, for one, Saving Private Ryan was a movie near totally dedicated to the American contribution, without much mention of any other forces. This may be because it was they were discussing THAT battle, butt I think it still stands.

Besides, why wouldn't Americans only see their view, or want to see just their view? Just go to a poll asking average Americans about that day, why we won, and who made the greatest difference. It's likely that the results will be in Americas favor.

Saving Private Ryan was about a single American unit sent to retrieve a single American soldier, and so obviously focused on American operations. It did not attempt to display the entirety of the Normandy Landings, and so can not be seen as an attempt to suggest that the whole operation was purely an American effort. If you take a film financed by American film companies like "A Bridge too Far" that actually tried to display an entire operation (that being Operation Market Garden), you'll see that the bravery of troops from other nations (Britain, Poland, etc.) is shown just as prominently as the bravery of Americans.

Why wouldn't they want to see just their view? I dunno, maybe they're not all the narrow-minded, jingoistic morons people like to pretend they are? Maybe they're as interested in the world outside of their own nation as the next nationality?

Moreover, I'd like to be directed to such a poll. I mean a proper one involving a large sample that is as accurate a representation of the whole of American society as possible, not a crappy internet poll.

I get what you're saying, man.
But it's the Americans and you, yourself who's splitting up the contributions and trying to justify the superiority complex of Americans about D-Day.

I'm not splitting the contribution. The fact that the soldiers who had the hardest time of it on D-Day is, well, fact. If it had been some mixture, of British, Canadian and Free French Forces I'd feel that a focus on these individuals would be more justified.

Moreover, I reject this idea that the majority of Americans have a superiority complex about their contribution to WWII. If you ask the average American about the war, they'll most likely be aware that the allied effort was enormous. The blanket assertion that all Americans are jingoistic dicks is just an excuse to excercise jingoism of the "Americans are dicks, nation x is super cool and awesome here are reasons why" variety.

Here is a question.. and im not even american i was born in Dominican Republic... Would you have won the war had it not been for the Americans? How can you even say you passed the ball for the last 2 minutes? what you should be saying is ' why didnt i pass it sooner maybe it wouldnt have lasted so long.

Yeah, but what you didn't factor in was was that commie lives count four 1/4.

So what you're insinuating is that America started WW2... You sir, are a fucking idiot.

I think you're right, that was kinda some wrong point of wiev and I'd spend too much time explaining what did I really want to say. Of course America, as the country, didn't start the war. Who is so stupid so he wants to die?

Instead I'll just insist that the USA has the strong idea that they won the war, and whithout them the world would be all nazi.

USA Helped, but not won the war alone. What about the resistance? The UK? Russia took a lot of troops too...

(delted an reposted because of huge grammar mistakes)

I took my college history class, and you're right about one thing we did have interest in the War and its outcome. We knew that Japan was planning some sort of attack towards US forces, and i agree we saw it as a way into the War to end the great depression, but WE did not start the war! we merely defended our constitution by retaliating against the enemy. Was it beneficial toward our situation? Yes. Would you have been under Nazi rule were it not for the US? Most probably. One last thing, we could not allow Hitler's forces to expand and become too powerful. P.S I fucking loved my History class ... so fuck you :)

'and I'm not even American' -> 'we'

nono, I'm not racist, that's ok.

But why do you think we would be all be nazi? Hittler was loosing troops in the north of Africa and also with Russia. He was already fucked up, + the UK had plans.

This is a large discussion so fuck you too and peace :/

Also, America got the two hardest beaches to invade. All of the beaches were guarded with new and inexperienced soldiers, expect one beach, Omaha beach. Omaha beach was guarded by a war hardened unit from battles in Italy and on the Eastern front. The Americans had to invade Omaha, and many lives were lost.

Omaha was finally taken when a few hundred army rangers scaled up a cliff and took out the bunkers along with assistance from american destroyers that almost beached themselves to provide close range support with their 9in guns.

Americans kicked ass that day. They received the ball from someone who ran 3/4 of the court, ran the other 1/4, dodged their best defender and made a 3 point shot.

cant we just agree without british USA or russia the world will be in chaos?

Plus the Americans would have lost D-Day if it werent for the british reinforcements who came and saved their asses

mfw no one completed their objectives on time except for the Canadians.

BECAUSE WE ARE FUCKING AMAZING....wow that was self-conceited...

my link was deleted... but in the link, it showed the supreme commanders in the operation, lead by General Eisenhower

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im sorry, but D-Day was an American Operation, but yes, britain help

From most credit to least it goes:
USA
Britain
Russia
Canada.
Canada really gets next to no credit, except from ourselves during remembrance day. Britain and USA get a shit ton of media credit with movies and Russia, being the largest contributor, get's a little bit of credit.
Makes me sad that no one likes to give my country any credit...

Are you talking about the WWII in Europe? Would you please explain your ranking? Seeing this just...

I'm not hating you, but I'd like to see what is your way to valorate who deserves more credit. I just want to learn something new... because I crealry disagree with it. Well, also, a war is not a question of credit... but still, I'd thank you if you explain.

I'm saying WWII in general.
USA has videogames, and movies all done about their contributions.
Britain has the same, but lesser amounts.
Russia has movies and some videogames.
and Canada has....a campaign in CoD3.

are you fucking kidding me?..

ARE YOU GUYS ALL RETARDED?
REALLY?
This actually made me facepalm.
I mean WHAT THE FUCK?
Have you guys been awake the past century?

Everyone that thumbs this up should really read the below comments. Because you all obviously fail at reading comprehension.

It really pains me, so much, that you're judging the contribution of other countries in WW2 based on video games and movies. It truly pains me.

"Canada has A single campaign in CoD, clearly they did not contribute at all in WW2."

What kind of logic is that?

you guys obviously misread my list as saying who contributed most.
My list was the amount of credit given to each country regardless of contribution.
USA obviously gets the most credit, Britain second, Russia third (despite contributing much, much more then either Britain or USA just read up about the eastern front) and Canada the least, Canada was a major player yet we get almost NO credit.

Yet you base that off of Movies and video games... Which are not the same as text books and facts.

Their CREDIT does not equal their CONTRIBUTION.

JESUS FUCKING CHRIST.
THAT'S NOT WHAT IM SAYING YOU DIMWITTED, FUCKHEAD.
I am talking about Media, and popculture CREDIT.
What society credits these countries with.
Not what they actually did.
USA obviously seems to think they won the war singlehandedly. Which is obvious by the hundreds of WWII movies outlining ONLY the US contributions. Also shown, by the hundred of WWII GAMES outlining JUST the US contributions.
It's fairly obvious that I'm saying countries are not getting an equal amount of credit from society, media, and popculture.
I'm saying NOTHING about their actual contributions and if you had proper reading comprehension you would understand. But you still seem to think I'm saying that certain countries contributed more then others. Which is not what I'm saying.
I'm talking about the worlds view on each countries contribution. Due to the fact that the US media is EVERYWHERE, Americans and even other people in other countries think that America was the largest contributor. Holy fuck. You're idiocy just fucking rattles me.

lrn2readingcomprehension
YOU STUPID FUCK. IM TALKING ABOUT DUE CREDIT.
Im saying what the media and popculture has defined WWII as.
I'm Canadian you stupid fucker.
I'm saying,
1. USA gets the most credit. This is obvious by the huge amount of movies and videogames produced about their contributions.
2.Britain gets a little it of credit despite contributing just as much.
3. Russia gets little credit despite contributing more.
4. Canada gets almost NO credit despite contributing just as much.
Learn to read properly you dumbfucks.

My list wasnt who deserved most credit, it was who got the most credit. Really just read what I said it isn't that hard to understand...

No words...

\I mean are you guys seriously trying to tell me that USA does not get the most credit? really?
Remember that whole WWII videogame phase. All about America, like wtf.

The main reason for that is because almost all of the movies and video games about WW2 are made in America. Also the reason Canada probably doesn't get as much credit would be because they really didn't do as much.

More like
Britian
Russia
USA
Canada
I never heard that Canada was involved in D-day or at the side of the allies

You're an idiot. Heres hows the list goes from top to bottom:
1) USA
2) Britain, Russia
3) Canada, Australia (although they were a tremendous group of soldiers, they were small in numbers.

People seem to forget that America was in the Pacific fighting the Japanese.

Brazil fought in the WWII too
my grandfather was there :P

Ya because you've never seen a movie, or played a videogame about USA in WWII...

....I must now watch Gladiator....

This post reminded me of something one of the girls in my school thought...

She thought the invasion of Normandy happened in Japan...

Thats what we call a dumb bitch.

WWI was long ago, our actual army can beat some ass, mirages/F.E.L.I.N./our weaponry, we have even a french pilot in one of the american A-10
, showing them how to pilot (this guy You need to login to view this link )
btw: french pilots http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol74hOJtWOA

and btw we helped americans with their independence war, if we were not here, I could call USA "new england"



you can also read those pages about victories (and defeats) of France since 387 B.C. (which is really really too much to see, why not skipping to 1914)
http://www.militaryfactory.com/battles/french_military_victories.asp



do ne.

...and?...your point is? O.o

that surrendering is definitely not a french war method

Just like how the book Lord of the Flies is British, but the movies are about Americans.
American's can't seem to accept other countries...

I'm american but I thumbed up for truth.

i'm no jingoist but americans suffered 6600 casualties on d-day while the british suffered 2700. we also sent over more troops (73,000 to 62,000) and don't forget america was never attacked by germany so we went over out of our own good will to save your asses from being bombed into oblivion by the luftwaffe.

america has done some pretty shit-headed things since then but you can't deny that it was pretty awesome.

One thing, we stopped being 'bombed into oblivion' by the Germans because Britain won air superiority over the German Luftwaffe, it's called 'the battle of Britain'. Hence Germany never being able to invade Britain due to the fact we would destroy their invading boats before they crossed the channel (The water between England and France). I don't blame you for not know about it though, because i doubt they would teach that in America.

so you're saying you could've handled it without us then huh?

Well obviously no one will ever know and I'm not saying I do know, but I think we probably would have. My main reason being that you joined the war the same time the Russians were getting back on their feet and kicking Germany out of their country. No one could stop Russia because it was so big and there were so many people for cannon fodder. So basically what i am saying is that Russia would have done most of the work if America had not intervened. So to answer your question, yes.

Overall the Russians suffered the loss 8 million soldiers and 15 million civilians. Yet no one gives a shit. it's all about America. Just because less of them died doesn't mean they did less of a contribution.
1. You joined because of Pearl Harbour
2. You should of joined earlier because every single one of your allies were at war and you didn't seem to give a shit until you're shitty little harbour got bombed, which was NOTHING compared to the Battle of Britain and other bombing that happened to allies.

The reason that doesn't get mentioned is because of the subsequent Cold War/Red Scare. Teachers were not to mention the Russian contributions to WWII, as that could be construed as *gasp!* communist sympathies.

Exactly.

The Russians only suffered that many losses because of what they armed their soldiers with, and how they just sent in a shit ton of guy no matter how many died, but hey, it worked

Exactly, yet the pulled away a full third of the Germany military to the Eastern front and made Germans DREAD to be sent to Russia.
So overall, they did the most.

just because their country is cold as fuck doesn't mean they deserve to be praised. the fact that they threw 8 million peasants in front of the germans as meat shields until they ran out of bullets doesn't make them heroes. they succeeded because they were able to die slow enough that the germans got sick of freezing their asses off in their godforsaken frozen wasteland

You're ignorant.

actually, it's Hollywood. It's something we've complained about a long time, but Hollywood has a pretty low opinion of its audience, and tends to assume stupidity on everyone else's part.

see: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ViewersAreMorons

the original black and white version of the movie was about the British, it's called re-imagination

FOR ME?!

i'm Russian, and this is horrendous

Freddie fucking Mercury!

do you have the pic without the caption?

why? if theyre ever invaded, they can put up a white flag faster than puttin velcro on a flag.

its what they usually do

i think you've took this a little bit to seriously lol, just a joke, but cool profile pic :)

back at ya

and mine was a joke also btw XD

"Le" is used in a manner just as appropriate as "me gusta" but nobody ever complains about it.

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when i went to France at 14 i just got done taking a nice walk around the Eiffel Tower when i realized it was getting late. So i got on the metro and sat down. At are next stop a young 20 year old french man got on. Me, looking a little French, fit right in until i spoke to my friend next to me. The young french man, Which im pretty sure was drunk. Just started yelling and kicking my seat about how i should eat a hamburger or go to the gym or something (my french isnt that good) Finally after ignoring him for awhile he got even more bad and picked me up and slid me across the floor. Lucky there was a nice Russian man who punched the french dude in the face and helped me up. Lesson of the story? Russian our bosses. ((pic related, Last pic before i headed for the metro. Also my friend is the one in the background to my left.)

that sucks dude, im glad that guy punched him, you didnt even do anything! i dont understand why french kids get so hostile with americans, what has america really done to france?

In all fairness, you sound the most upset OP

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Had to masturbate, too much testosterone