alt Hacker NewsThat union was a last ditch effort to try and keep France in the war. If they had implemented it, it would have been undone once the nazis were beaten you can be sure.
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thmsths • today at 2:45 PM
From my recollection, the plan was to grant French citizenship to every British citizen and vice versa, in effect "forcing" the governments to defend their citizens to the end. This was very ambitious, hence why it probably did not happen. But if it had happen, I have a hard time seeing how it could be undone, stripping people of their citizenship, even if they have a second one is no trivial matter.
It was suggested again in 1956 in the context of the Suez crisis:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6261885.stm