 Complete the following phrase:  According to historian Christopher Clark, in France, Blaskowitz tried to build a constructive relationship with the local population, even though the conditions for him to do so were worse than in Poland. He encouraged the troops deployed to support French agriculture to act selflessly. On the one hand, when the prefects in Toulouse complained about crimes against civilians in counter-terrorism procedures, Blaskowitz defended the right of the German army to defend itself, even though he admitted sometimes innocent people were harmed. On the other hand, he tried to ensure that German counterinsurgency would be conducted in accordance with international norms as far as possible. He publicly distanced himself from units that committed the 