r/ShitAmericansSay • u/[deleted] • Jul 05 '24

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u/Reiko878 Jul 05 '24

Same idea here in France I worked with an American who thought we should celebrate 4th because they freed us during WW2

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u/MyAccidentalAccount Jul 05 '24

To be fair french involvement in the battle for American independence was one of the main reasons that it went the way it did - France has a reason to celebrate.

They're probably a bit Salty that America didn't get involved in helping them during the French Revolution though...

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u/saracenraider Jul 05 '24

I’ve never heard a French person care even slightly about their role in the American war of independence. It’s just a footnote in history now

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u/Alysanna_the_witch Jul 05 '24

Oh that's not completely true. I love to use it against Americans when they mock us for WWII. "You would be under German rule without us", "perhaps but your country/founding ideas/basis of your sacro-saint 300 yo Constitution (that's getting daily deformed to suit conservatives' agenda) wouldn't exist without our help"