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Originally Posted by RizzyKing
There were quite a lot of threats issued by the UK to france and that was the only reason they started to buy back and cancel orders also i believe the US discussed serious political consequences if france didn't cease trading missile tech to argentina. France didn't do a damn thing because it was the right thing to do they only did the right thing when it became in their national interest to do it not exactly what i would call a good ally at all but then my history with the french military does make me extremely biased where they are concerned.
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Former Defence Secretary Sir John Nott disagrees with you
At the start of the conflict, France's left-leaning president, Francois Mitterrand, had come to Britain's aid by declaring an embargo on French arms sales and assistance to Argentina.
He also allowed the Falklands-bound British fleet to use French port facilities in West Africa, as well as providing London with detailed information about planes and weaponry his country had sold to Buenos Aires.
Paris also co-operated with extensive British efforts to stop Argentina acquiring any more Exocets on the world's arms market.
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