A. There is land continuity between the Viking homelands and France, for that matter there is land continuity between Viking homelands and
Cape Dezhnev, the most easterly point of Russia.
B The Normans were NOT Vikings per se. Nor were the Norsemen though no doubt some of them were of Viking stock.
With all due respect, AT, I feel that you’re talking out of your backside… again! 
I can tell you about some good history books, but I’m sure you know better than them!
I must admit to going back to history lessons from LONG ago. Not a thing that greatly interested me then or now but it was what we were taught.
I don’t know where you went to school, but they certainly had some strange concepts.
The Norsemen left their homelands, travelled by land all the way across to Russia, then turned around and travelled all the way back across Europe to the northern coast of France?
The Norsemen were not Vikings, and the Normans were not Vikings per se? What were they then, Arabs?
Now that is NOT what I wrote. I was simply pointing out that Vikings did NOT have to rely on travelling by water to travel contrary to what Annie had at least implied.
Also the Normans were NOT exclusively Vikings but no doubt would have included SOME people people from areas where Viking folk were to be found - I THINK that was Norway but that’s only think. Whatever the Normans were descendents of the Norsemen who obviously cross bred with the people they encountered in France which is where the name Normans came about and associated with the region of Normandy.
As far as I know/believe!
Seems there was a lot of interbreeding going on at that time Todge?
Do you think the Viking prediliction for rapine had much to do
with it? And do you think the Nazis inherited this prediliction from
their ancestors ??
And does this account for the the old british saying, " all Germans
are bastards"" ??
Donkeyman!
There’s always interbreeding going on.
My question was about rapine Todgy ??
Donkeyman!
Certainly! Rape all the cattle and kill all the women why not!
Hilarious. So you “think” rather than “know”.
Judging by this discussion it does seem that nobody is too clear on who the Normans were or whether they were “french” at all. The original discussion (way back) was why do we hate the French if we are part french, but apparently we are not! Or are we? :shock:
Is Vic There???
At what point did this thread change from discussing WW2 to a discussion on the Vikings and Norsemen?
Well I’ve said all I want to about the Normans.
I’d be happy to get back to WW2.
We were talking about the French being our historical enemies & during WWII being on the other side …it was mentioned the antipathy started in 1066…
Point taken but the thread started “WW2” Which started in 1939 and ended in 12945. Not 1066.
Yes the French turned out to be bigger an enemy than friend.
We gave shelter to DeGaulle and he let everyone know how he hated the British
During the relief of Paris America,s General Patton,s 3rd army were on the point of entering the city but was ordered to hold back and allow Philipp Lecieres 2nd army with DeGaulle at it,s head to enter the city first.
12945? Talk about forward looking.
Ok then!
What about London being the first city in the world to come under
bombardment by ICBMs and cruise missiles??
Some of which were launched from our “allies” (France’s) territory?
What more proof do we need to confirm froggy antipathy !!
Donkeyman!
Presumably that’s where the ridiculous title of ‘war hero’ was attributed to him.
I can’t imagine deGaulle actually doing anything heroic other than scuttling back to the safety of Britain as soon as France came under threat. Typical Frog.
Yes. Typical Frog. And he insisted there were cine cameras there to film his “Triumphant entry”
Was this not the same man who tried his hardest to stop Britain from becoming a member of the Common Market?
It was!
And l wished he’d succeeded ??
Donkeyman!