// of our staunch WW2 allies//
yikes - dont hold your breath
it may be a long one
de Gaulle followed tthe Americans and British into La Belle France and thereafter could NOT for give them for liberating his gondree.
he went around thanking all the resistants and eef they were not Fransh said - I want you to give your word of honour that you will leave zees gondree within 48 h
that's how staunch !
My Fransh teshay was one of them ( teacher if you say it with a French accent comes out as teshay)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Thackthwaite