What was it you were saying about thread hijacking? The Frenchification of the USS Theodore Roosevelt ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 23, 2008) A French F-2 Rafale fighter performs a touch-and-go during combined French and American carrier qualifications aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group is participating in Joint Task Force Exercise "Operation Brimstone" off the Atlantic coast. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Sheldon Rowley) From Strategypage
In the same line. Enterprise Invaded by French MEDITERRANEAN SEA (July 23, 2007) - A French Rafale M combat aircraft from the French nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles De Gaulle lands on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65). Enterprise and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 1 are currently underway on a scheduled six-month deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Octavio N. Ortiz
In the same line. Clearly the French have cleverly duped the Americans into these phony exercises. How diabolical. They now have their bombing runs timed perfectly should hostilities break out.
Ok then what part did the 4th Chasseurs d'Afrique have in saving The Light Brigade from total annihilation? How many British soldiers served in the Crimea compared to France's contribution? Why is it still treated as if it were a British Campaign? They drove the Russian guns off the Fedioukine Heights on the Light Brigade's left flank. OK? The [admittedly single] source to which I'm referring suggests that the Light Brigade had already passed through the guns' arc of fire before the French charge went in, so the guns had already failed to annihilated the Light Brigade. However, it was a big plus that the Fedioukine battery was no longer in place to cause further casualties whenthe Light Brigade later withdrew back up the valley. I suspect that more French served in the Crimea than British otherwise you wouldn't have brought it up. It was a British campaign. And a French one. With some Turks, too; no doubt a few other odds and sods. I don't know how or if the French remember the Crimean War, but I wouldn't be surprised if they have a bit of a national focus as well. In fact, there's probably less denigration of the French in the context of the Crimean War than any other, seeing as we were pretty crap ourselves in many respects.
Was the Crimea the first war the French & British fought as Allies? I see there were alot more French than British. the British could not insist because their Crimean army was still only 40,000 men, a sixth of the French force. RUSI - The Anglo-French Crimean War Coalition, 1854–1856
That might depend how you view the Jacobites' involvement with them? Haha, good point. Never thought of it that way.
