Just FYI, Thalidomide was banned in France, as the proceedings to get a drug approved here were very tough at the time, probably more than today. Part of the idea was to protect our pharma industry, but in this case it had a nice side-effect.

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Process 2544213588 (user God) successfully stopped

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It's true it is not told in schools. But you would be surprised by the number of people here who know it or at least suspect it. Even at the time some people in my native region, near the german border, wondered why the steel smelters in Völklingen (D) were never destroyed by an air strike. Bad minded people kept saying that the fact it belonged to US steel was a good reason.

I was not born then, but AFAIK it's a well known fact that the french governement at that time was nonexistent at best, leaving the army with virtually no command. It has been stated by thousands of soldiers, one of which was my grandfather: They stood literally inactive for days with no orders. Then, they were told to surrender! Now I think it wouldn't have changed the outcome as the germans, as parent post says, were allowed to build up their army for years and were clearly superior at least in their equipment. But the political background WAS a significative part of the disaster.

Take one meter. Make a cube of that side, a cubic meter. Fill that with water near the sea level and you get a volume of 1 Liter of water.

Errr, no that would be 1000 liters...

Any mans death diminishes me, Because I am involved in Mankinde.
And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls, It tolls for thee.

I didn't write it, but it reflects perfectly what news of people passing away inspire me