NATO and France.
Why did France have 'associate' membership of NATO in the sixties and ordered the withdrawal of US forces from its territory.Was it DeGaulle? and when he expired, it was alright to rejoin?What was the...
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ICS wrote:deGaulle Seems to be a rather big toy to throw from his pram. Having said that, NATO could have been dragged into Algeria. Ian S.Legally, none of the NATO members were bound to help France...
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IIRC there was also the fact that no frenchman would never be supreme commander of nato .
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July 1956.Egypt nationalized (i.e. stole) the Suez Canal from British and French investors.October 1956. Anglo-French response.Anglo-French military forces seize Suez Canal.A carefully coordinated...
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lynn1212 wrote:IIRC there was also the fact that no frenchman would never be supreme commander of nato .There was never a chance that anyone but an American would ever be SACEUR.
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NoOneFamous wrote:DeGaulle had a hissy fitAccording to the Wikipedia article (yes, I know how reliable that can be), an initiating reason was the "special relationship" between the US and UK. Do note...
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Also remember that despite France withdrawing from the integrated command it remained a signatory to the treaty and consequently was still bound by article 5. The French army stationed in Germany was...
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One man's hissy fit is another man's staunchness.Maybe a bit of British staunchness after America's backstabbing post Suez was called for.
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raurimu1 wrote:One man's hissy fit is another man's staunchness.A flaw that I think that many people, especially my fellow USians, seem to show is the assumption that the disagreement with them makes...
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raurimu1 wrote:One man's hissy fit is another man's staunchness.Maybe a bit of British staunchness after America's backstabbing post Suez was called for.I always find this stance to be pretty...
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Jeremy MH. You are correct. I withdraw the word "backstabbing".The US was quite open in its opposition to Suez.Once Turkey was on board the British position in the Middle East was superfluous to the...
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Jeremy M H wrote:raurimu1 wrote:One man's hissy fit is another man's staunchness. Maybe a bit of British staunchness after America's backstabbing post Suez was called for.I always find this stance to...
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StevoJH wrote: The United States undermined its own allies, not sure what else you can call it. I call it "intelligent behavior" or "independent foreign policy": unless the French, British, and...
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The US took economic action designed to damage the British (and French) economy.Realpolitik maybe. I think De Gaulle's eyes were open.
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raurimu1 wrote:The US took economic action designed to damage the British (and French) economy.Realpolitik maybe. I think De Gaulle's eyes were open.It is intersting that you use the term realpolitik...
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I'm just old enough to remember news reports of the traitorous Secret Army Organization in France; deGaulle had probably decided that keeping those of France's overseas possessions that didn't want to...
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"America struck at Britain's fragile economy. It refused to allow the IMF to give emergency loans to Britain unless it called off the invasion. Faced by imminent financial collapse, as the British...
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Simple question... when a couple of "family members" break the law, and try to rob a neighbor, do you aid them just because they are "family", cover up for them just because they are "family", or do...
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If Musketeer had succeeded Nasser would have been out of a job and he subsequently stirred up a lot of trouble in the Middle East the consequences of which are with us today. What would the situation...
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A history of the air forces involved, but it has some interesting historical analysis, to wit:Britain could possibly abide the canal in the hands of Egypt, but could not abide a neutral Egypt. France...
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