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[–] [email protected] 36 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ironically John French was known for his hatred of the french... even more so than the Germans he was facing in WWI

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

A true Englishman

[–] [email protected] 25 points 10 months ago

Who knew that next JoJo will be french

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The formatting has been altered. Original

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

I was thinking that this must be WW1 based on the names but only situation I could come up for the French being on both sides would've been some Vichy shit

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago

Master of disguise: Johnny English

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

Fernand de Langle de Cary

I choose to believe that Langle is a corruption of L'Angle, which itself is derived from a phrase meaning "The English". I will neither be taking nor leaving questions.