Chicago Boyz has an article that outlines the continuing problems between the French and the UK. The French perspective seems to be "How can you Brits side with the Americans?" the British view tends to be "How can you not?" 

British Foreign Minister Jack Straw thinks the problem comes from differing experiences from the second world war. IT was a watershed moment for the French.  As the Chicago Boyz blog points out, the French capitulated quite easily. As I've pointed out previously, the French lost more soldiers fighting for the Nazis than the "Free French" lost.  French "help" against the Third Reich was negligible.

So what's the deal? The French seem to define themselves as the "Un-American".  Sort of like how 7-up tries to promote itself as the Un-Cola.  The difference though is that 7-Up has a lot of things going for it in addition to being the Un-Cola.  I mean, heck, swamp water  could be considered the Un-Cola too but I wouldn't want to drink it.  I deal with the French regularly on the game side and have never had any problems. So I'm not sure how anti-American the average Frenchman is.  But their government has been amazingly consistent in its attempts to demonstrate its willingness to be a pain in the ass.