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France Invades North America in World War II
Posted on: 2011-03-09 15:32:55 By Stefen Styrsky @ Armchair General World War Two evokes images of military forces clashing on a massive, if not continental scale: the D-Day invasion, Leyte Gulf, the North Africa Campaign come immediately to mind in any discussion of the conflict’s battles. Most are also imagined occurring outside the Western Hemisphere. Yet there was action, less expansive events, in other places—even North America. One such incident was the invasion of two islands off the coast of Canada’s Newfoundland by the Free French. Despite its minor nature compared to what was happening elsewhere, the incident caused a serious rupture among the Allies and threatened an important agreement the United States possessed with Vichy France. It had the potential to dramatically alter the course of war. Read on... |