http://llamabutchers.mu.nu/archives/094910.php Och! I warrned 'em about the Ardennes. But they did'na listen ta Willie! On this day in 1940, the French and German High Commands signed an armistice in the Forest of Compiègne in the same railcar as was used... en-us http://cakeeaterchronicles.mu.nu/archives/094968.php But perhaps if the French had perhaps spent a little more time fighting than rounding up the train car where the Treaty of Versailles had been signed to serve as a quaint surrender locale, well, perhaps they wouldn't have been... http://massdiscussion.blogspot.com/2005/06/new-french-alert-status-system.html Saw some France bashing over at the Butcher's Shop...and I just couldn't help myself...