I suspect one reason for D-Day as we remember it was English delight at the
idea of invading Normandy. ;-) - Phil
On 09:27, Scott Peden wrote:
>The Normans were French? Yes, they had been there for a brief period
>of time... but they are half Breton and the other half that traveled
>through Danmark, came from the Eastern Seaboard of Scotland who had
>to leave due to being on the loosing side of a political argument.
>
>As I recollect, the King of the Franks paid a bunch of Northman to
>put down his enemies, then gave them the lands called Normandy, and
>from there the likes of Edward I decided they wanted what they
>perceived as their birthright to the throne of the soggy islands
>back.
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