Seriously, what do you think is the reason for France's "relative" dysfunctions compared to Western Europe? A naive newcomer may think that a country like France could or should be more like the UK.[/QUOTE]
The UK, while they had a "London can take it" attitude had to only deal with bombings. The bombing over the UK was bad but it was the worst and most sucsessful attack on British soil since, what? The glorious revolution in 1700? France on the other hand has had to deal with two thousand years of invasions from every damn side, 9 times out of ten from Germans. Prussia humiliated them barely 70 years prior to 1941 and then you hadtww1, a huge chunk of which was fought on french soil. The British live in fear of invasion, the french experienced it frequently. They got a way bigger chip on their shoulder for that very reason.