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I am a French citizen 65 year old. I remember that my father was bombed by US in Rennes (luckily he went out safe). Most ports on Atlantic coast were completely

I am a French citizen 65 year old. I remember that my father was bombed by US in Rennes (luckily he went out safe). Most ports on Atlantic coast were completely destroyed by US bombers and many towns (Lorient, Saint-Malo, Brest, etc) had to be completely rebuilt. Many people were displaced, homeless and had to be relocated in shelters. This lasted until the 60", see [0] Yet now, for French people and media, destructions and people displacements were all the fault of Nazi's Germany. And for medias, the time after war was an happy time "les trente glorieuses" [1]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abb%C3%A9_Pierre#Winter_1954:_%22Uprising_of_kindness%22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abb%C3%A9_Pierre#Winter_1954:_... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trente_Glorieuses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trente_Glorieuses

kerneloftruth 5y ago
It sounds like most French citizens and the media are correct in that view. For you though, the Nazis invaded and occupied France, taking over the ports. The US bombs them to stop their takeover of France... and it's the US you blame? If your house catches fire and you call the fire department to put it out, do you then blame the fire department for the water damage caused while putting it out?
- JPLeRouzic 5y ago
  That's not my point, my point is about the change of narrative which is also the topic of this thread. After the WWII it was wide misery in France up to 1960 and now it is supposed to have been the "30 glorious years". You know, even if I was born in 1956, I have seen lot of those shelters. The person who first wrote about the "30 glorious years" was Jean Fourastié. Jean Fourastié had strong link with Jean Monnet. Jean Monnet had been an advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1940 to 1946 [0]. [0] Jean Monnet (1988). Mémoires (in French). Fayard. ISBN 978-2-213-65802-5.
denton-scratch 5y ago
St. Malo, in particular, was shelled to destruction by US troops. It was rebuilt over 12 years, which seems to me rather an incredible achievement. It looks like an 18thC fortified city.

kerneloftruth 5y ago

It sounds like most French citizens and the media are correct in that view. For you though, the Nazis invaded and occupied France, taking over the ports. The US bombs them to stop their takeover of France... and it's the US you blame? If your house catches fire and you call the fire department to put it out, do you then blame the fire department for the water damage caused while putting it out?

JPLeRouzic 5y ago
That's not my point, my point is about the change of narrative which is also the topic of this thread. After the WWII it was wide misery in France up to 1960 and now it is supposed to have been the "30 glorious years". You know, even if I was born in 1956, I have seen lot of those shelters. The person who first wrote about the "30 glorious years" was Jean Fourastié. Jean Fourastié had strong link with Jean Monnet. Jean Monnet had been an advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1940 to 1946 [0]. [0] Jean Monnet (1988). Mémoires (in French). Fayard. ISBN 978-2-213-65802-5.

denton-scratch 5y ago

St. Malo, in particular, was shelled to destruction by US troops. It was rebuilt over 12 years, which seems to me rather an incredible achievement. It looks like an 18thC fortified city.