ST: the Maquis

[Tars_Tarkas]

I agree completely.

[panamajack]

I guess the ST must mean Sensitive Topic or something.

It was not long after the war that the Maquis were not very well respected. Maurice Buckmaster wrote in 1952 :

It has been customary, since the war, to blame the Maquis for every misfortune and hardship that France has now to undergo. It is almost an unpopular thing in France in 1952 to have fought for France’s liberation in 1940-45. And if one fought and perhaps died in company with British officers, it is now considered almost unpardonable. None of the ‘best people’ did it. Of course, they were not collaborationists - nor supporters of Petain - just the best type that waited to see what would happen. I wonder what, in fact, would have happened if all these brave men and women who continually risked life and property to save our liaison officers had waited on the fence?

Part of this may have been the idea that some of the members were identifiably communist supporters. Yet it’s been a long time since then. I feel that the Maquis today do get the respect they deserve, or was the original contention that some feel differently even now?

What’s this doing in Cafe Society, anyway?

P.S. And why wasn’t Chakotay French?

[Tars_Tarkas]

Le Chakotay: It made zense to zurrender to ze Borg, zey were stronger than us! Sacre Blue!