Hello Everyone. I am new to this board and it seems like an interesting one. I am from the U.S. and I spent a semester in France (in the ’80’s) and kept in touch with friends there for awhile but have fallen out of touch with them. I lived with a French family while attending school and had a very positive experience. I had a difference of opinion with some co-workers recently regarding how the french view the ending of WWII in France and their participation in it. My co-worker recently went to Paris on a short vacation, she also doesn’t speak french. She stated she saw some very large posters on a wall which she interpreted to mean the french had a very different view of WWII than we do. She is under the impression that the french do not see themselves as being aided during the war but of having fought and won it mostly on there own. I was wondering in a frenchman/frenchwoman could enlighten me on how the war and the ending of it is understood in France, I’d love to go back to work with some facts direct from the horses mouth so to speak. Would anyone out there be able to speak to this? Thanks.