Dave Hinz wrote:

On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 07:39:01 -0500, Prometheus wrote:

On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 15:47:00 GMT, "Dave" wrote:


In all of history has France ever won a war by themselves?

1066. They conquered Britian. Probably other cases as well, but
that's the big one.


Um. You _do_ know that the Normans (Norse Men) were vikings hung out in
France for 2 generations before joining the Norwegian vikings to take
over England, right?


Courage comes in different forms, and not all of them erupt from the
barrel of a gun.


Right. Tell me again how surrendering as quickly as humanly possible is
"couragous"?

1066 was an interesting year. First the Viking king Hadrada (aided by
Harold's brother) invaded from the north. Harold managed to defeat them
(killing both). He moved the remnants of his army south having received
word of William's landing. Perhaps one of the most devastating events
preceeding the battle was Harold's sudden awareness that he had been
excommunicated by the Pope, and that William was wearing the papal ring.
Talk about a bad day. Anyway the rest is history.

Another interesting idea is that of the three armies engaged in battle
for England that year, all were led by men of Viking ancestry.
mahalo,
jo4hn