01-24-2003, 08:22 PM
Quote:without french aid, america would not have won the revolution. lafayette(sp?) brought experienced troops to help the colonists, and better training methods. also, the presence of french ships was one of the main reasons for cornwallas's surrender at saratogaI see someone saw The Patriot. :-)
Quote:gernmany made some of the first cars, musical geniouses, and bismarkian politics kept europe peacful for almost the entire second half of the 19th centuryActually Ford I thought made the first car. Ok, so Bach was born in Germany. I like Mozart better.
Quote:Didn't the french give us the Statue of Liberty?
yeah, out of copper. And now look at it. It's rusting beyond belief! I love the Statue of Liberty though! GO LADY LIBERTY!
So who else is there from France? DeGalle? or how about Napoleon? Two generals that France is proud of, yet they lost their wars. They have no heroes.
And who does Germany have? David Hasselhof? :crackhead:
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