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appalachiablue

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3. I admire the French for enduring this as well as

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 18, 2020, 12:22 PM

Dec 2020

the earlier WWI conflict and the 1870 Prussian siege and blockade.

In the last years it's been valuable seeing photos and film of Nazi occupied Paris, so much more material is available now.

Wish I'd seen more of this before my last trip to the city.
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*Here's a trailer for an excellent French production, 'Women At War, 1939-1945.' The hour long video is on Netflix, with English subtitles. The first part, 'Women at War, 1914-1918' is also great.

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Imagine what it had to feel like, to be occupied. no_hypocrisy Dec 2020 #1

I admire the French for enduring this as well as appalachiablue Dec 2020 #3

It's surreal. Arne Dec 2020 #2

For sure; wish I'd seen the films & photos of German- occupied appalachiablue Dec 2020 #4