D-Day: French Resentment over Allied Bombing of Caen

[Vetus Ordo]

D-Day: French Resentment over Allied Bombing of Caen

As survivors of the Allied bombings of Caen recall the devastating raids that reduced the city to rubble, French resentment persists over the operation to flatten towns and villages in the battle for Normandy in which 20,000 civilians died. While thousands of veterans gather in Normandy to honour their fallen comrades, France will begin the 70th anniversary of D-Day remembering the civilian casualties of what some regard as criminal Allied bombing raids. Some French locals still have a problem with the actions of the British, who were referred to as "bastards" by some shortly after devastating RAF raids on the city of Caen and other Norman towns and villages.

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[Fleur-de-Lys]

D-Day: French Resentment over Allied Bombing of Caen

As survivors of the Allied bombings of Caen recall the devastating raids that reduced the city to rubble, French resentment persists over the operation to flatten towns and villages in the battle for Normandy in which 20,000 civilians died. While thousands of veterans gather in Normandy to honour their fallen comrades, France will begin the 70th anniversary of D-Day remembering the civilian casualties of what some regard as criminal Allied bombing raids. Some French locals still have a problem with the actions of the British, who were referred to as "bastards" by some shortly after devastating RAF raids on the city of Caen and other Norman towns and villages.

Oh, the French were referring to the British as "bastards" long before that.

[diaduit]

D-Day: French Resentment over Allied Bombing of Caen

As survivors of the Allied bombings of Caen recall the devastating raids that reduced the city to rubble, French resentment persists over the operation to flatten towns and villages in the battle for Normandy in which 20,000 civilians died. While thousands of veterans gather in Normandy to honour their fallen comrades, France will begin the 70th anniversary of D-Day remembering the civilian casualties of what some regard as criminal Allied bombing raids. Some French locals still have a problem with the actions of the British, who were referred to as "bastards" by some shortly after devastating RAF raids on the city of Caen and other Norman towns and villages.

Oh, the French were referring to the British as "bastards" long before that.