AP PHOTOS: How bitter wartime enemies France and Germany built a friendship that underpins the EU
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AP PHOTOS: How bitter wartime enemies France and Germany built a friendship that underpins the EU
PARIS (AP) — They were bitter enemies, seemingly destined to be perpetually at odds after fighting two devastating world wars less than 30 years apart.But in the decades since French forces were among the victors of World War II, which ended in Europe with Nazi Germany’s surrender 80 years ago, neighbors France and Germany have built a powerful partnership that underpins the European Union.With the EU’s largest economies, they’re frequently described as the motors of the 27-nation bloc and its stated goal of “an ever closer union among the peoples of Europe” after generations of conflict.Statesmen and women and ordinary ..