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Originally Posted by Yakk
Charlatan, the British Empire did technically conquer Quebec. It was ratified in a treaty with France, and Quebec was treated well for a conquered province, but it was taken by force of arms.
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Not quite.
The French lost the 7 years war to the British.
During the peace talks, the British were seeking several French Colonies, including Quebec.
France was allowed, however, to "protect" some of its colonies, i.e. to pick which ones they would keep while sceding control of the remaining ones to Britain.
France could have kept Quebec, but instead chose to protect Guadaloupe because Guadaloupe had sugar and sugar was a very valuable commodity back then.
True Story.
Quebecers never forgave the French.
I have worked a great deal in Quebec and let me tell you the Quebecers that I have worked with do not like the French French whatsoever.
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Originally Posted by daswig
That's bullshit. If the Allies had made a stand when Hitler re-occupied the Rhineland, Hitler would have HAD to back down, because he was too weak to do anything else. You're trying to tell me that England and France couldn't have taken on a SINGLE BATTALION of German troops in '36? Or that they couldn't have refused to sacrifice Czechoslavakia by simply stationing a few thousand troops there in '38 to serve as a "trip-wire"???
Chamberlain was a fool. He was an appeaser of the first order, and he should have met the same fate as Petain.
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Chamberlain was not Prime Minister in 1936, Baldwin was.
Chamberlain and the British were in no position to take on the Germans in 36. Chamberlain was furiously building up the British military during his time in office. He tripled the size of the Royal Navy and was responsible for replaning the RAF into modern fighters and bombers that ultimately won Britain the war. The Hurricane, the Spitfire, the Lancaster were all brought into the design phase during Chamberlain's time, with the Spitfire being the newest. The Hurricane was actually the fighter that won the Battle of Britain and was commissioned under Chamberlain.
And where was the USA in all of this by the way? I seem to recall that WW2 started in September of 1939 as far as Canada, France and Britain were concerned. Uncle Sam didn't get involved until 1942.
Here kid, read and learn a bit before you spout off...
http://www.historyman.co.uk/road2war/