Passing Parade: Who gets the French Navy?

Nelson A. Pryor: Guest Columnist In the run up to World War II's Pearl Harbor, the German's have captured Poland, the Dunkerque evacuation has happened, and now the Germans have forced France to capitulate. In the June 18, 1940 New York Times 22, their editorial entitled “Tragedy in France,” spells out that capitulation. Hitler had won one glittering prize of war when he and his tanks rumbled past the Arc de Triomphe and down the Champs Elysees. Once the country of France is fully give