well, first of all I'm French and would like to thank all the people here who made constructive answers....
I confess I'm rather surprised... because I've seen more anti-French messages on PPrune, than pro-French...
well...
Like everywhere else, we have our bunch of bastards.... but hopefully the majority will welcome British and American people warmheartedly... of course, behave like a respectful tourist, not like a conqueror, and everything would go fine !!
and you won't find here the strong and obvious patriotism you would find in the US for example...
concerning the violation of a British war cemetery.... given what was written on the gravestones, I' not deeply convinced this has been done by... let's say... long-time French-rooted "Gallic" people...