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Old 21-12-06, 10:12 PM   #42
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Having family at home in a Nazi occupied country could put you right off the idea of fighting them, I reckon. When the Vichy forces in Africa did join the allies, though, they took 25% casualties in just a few months and kept fighting against massively superior german forces- they were a very poorly equipped force. My grandad was in Africa for parts of the war and said he'd never seen anything braver.
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