I have just returned to the UK after a week in Normandie, the majority of the population seem to have a real sense of gratitude for the sacrifices of D Day, intrestingly the Germans have 40 thousand buerried there, america 30 thou, England 20 thou and French civillian losses 20 thou and French army seventeen (not thousand just seventeen!) I think the French are great, but we need to remember that France is not a democracy, it is a dictatorship, it adds up if you look at it like that.