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Originally Posted by Husker
You do realise that the Guardian article wasn't an opinion piece it was a quote from a book? Not sure why this is so difficult for you to understand.
I've already asked you to list your sources supporting your point of view here but you still haven't and have claimed mine are 'fake news' which is pretty weird and not really the standard of discussion I expect on this sub forum. You mentioned peer reviewed articles, and fail to post any, and then say you sourced wikipedia (lol). I've sourced various books and could add quite a few more if need be. For some reason you seem to be taking this very personally and seem unable to take a step back and try to provide evidence to support your argument (other than a wiki article about an incident that had no impact whatsoever on the war effort). I may be wrong but I can only conclude it's because you're from a country that failed to rise up against Nazi occupation during WW2.
Husker, the problem here is that you've laid a claim that AGAIN states that resistance, specifically the French resistance is over-stated and rather insignificant to the end result of WWII? Correct? You then sourced 4 newspaper articles and a history article that claim that it was exaggerated based off a new history book. I don't find this to be hard evidence since there are many rogue historians and always will be that always find a way to counter the true course of accepted history based on their own feelings and ideas. The further we move away from history, the harder it is to get the real story.(For example, right now, Israel as a nation has laid claims that "Polish death camps" existed and were run/operated by Polish nationals at the time, which as intelligent people know is utter nonsense. The psychological reasoning behind these accusations is reparation money. This led to new Polish legislation in 2018 that bans the term "Polish death camps") This shows that news articles/unilateral historical books are not evidence of history. There is a lot of bad information out ther. Read up on the french resistance in Wikipedia and you will see what kind of a disservice and disrespect to the resistance fighters that died during the war, you are creating.
My argument to you is that you are wrong in your perspective regarding the resistance, not only in France, but all over the world. It is very important and every individual that took the righteous initiative to fight, whether their actions were significant or not, was an integral part of the war effort. I don't understand how you can't understand that. The burden of proof is not on me to prove the french resistance was insignificant, it's on you. History says they were important.... You and a couple of other people say they were not. Four opinion pieces and a historian are not good enough evidence. I'm sorry.
For the record, I'm Italian with relatives that fought and died during the war, so I have a strong passion and conviction in what I say.
Last edited by WhiteOak; 03-17-2018 at 11:57 PM.