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Citations I - Dernières paroles

Voici un tour d'horizon des dernières phrases prononcées par certains personnages de l'Histoire de France avant de mourir.

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WW1 Balkan Front - Franchet d'Esperey

Marshal Louis Franchet d'Esperey, Commander of the Allied Forces on the Balkan Front during the WW1.

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chansons historiques de France 53 : le Roi Engloys fin XVeme

Cette chanson fait partie du Manuscrit de Bayeux, recueil de 103 chansons réunies vers 1514 par Charles de Bourbon et composé de pièces écrites au ...

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The Black Eyed Peas - Just Can't Get Enough

Music video by Black Eyed Peas performing Just Can't Get Enough. Interscope Records

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French Foreign Legion : Tuyen Quang

The legendary Siege of Tuyen Quang in 1885, where 630 legionaries and riflemen stood up to 12 000 enemies during 3 months.

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Surcouf - King of the Corsairs

The Saga of Robert Surcouf -the invincible "King of Corsairs"- during Napoleonic Wars.

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Québec - Je me Souviens

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Agnus Dei from Monsieur N. Stephan Eicher.wmv

Original Motion Picture soundtrack from the movie Monsieur N. Music by Stephan Eicher,

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L'Olonnais - Pirate of the Carribean

The bloody and tragical story of the cruel buccaneer François L'Olonnais.

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Bertrand du Guesclin - Flail of the English

Du Guesclin "the Black Dog of Brocéliande", greatest warrior of the Hundred Years War.

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French military video of heavy fighting in Tagab Valley Afghanistan Okt 1 2010.

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The French army on Friday (October 8) released footage of intense fighting in the Tagab Valley in Afghanistan, where coalition and Afghan for...

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Marshals of Napoleon-Jean Baptiste Bessieres

The rise of a great cavalry commander of the Napoleonic Age, and leader of Napoleon's own imperial guard Cavalry. He lauds glory, fame, and wealth....

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About History

Vive la France!
Here is a list of wars won by France over England/Britain in the previous millenium, to be the one that won the most

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Battle of Austerlitz (1805)

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After Norman invasion of england, this French people brang feudalism and French language in england
Normans are French because of simple reasons:
Normans are the people of Normandy, but the majority of them were Franks and gauls (like other French).
Vikings that settled were a minority, and immediatly mixed with locals, adopting chritianity and speaking Old French language
Normandy was a duchy, vassal of the King of France, meaning it belonged and was linked to the Kingdom of France

A lot of French expressions are also used
The 2 mottos of the UK are in French, to remind them their French heritage

The Plantagenet (or House of Anjou) is a French noble family from Anjou Region (main city Angers). This family ruled England from 1154 to 1458. Anti French feelings from english come from that period where their French rulers used England to defend their French homeland and interest against the French central power (the King of France)
But they lost their lands and claims in various wars...
French has been the official language of England from 1066 to 1366.

Accroding to the 3rd edition of Oxford Dictionnary (1973), 28.3% of English vocabulary is from French.
According to a survey by Joseph M Williams in Origins of the English language, 41% of English vocabulary is from French

Wars won over England/Britain (and their allies)

- Val de Saire (1001)
- Hastings and conquest of England (1066)
- Bouvines (1214)
- Saintonge war (1242)
- Sainsardos war (1324)
- Despensers War (1324-1326)
- Caroline war (1369 - 1389)
- Charles VII the victorious and Joan of Arc war (1429 - 1453)
- 100 Years war
- Castillan civil war (1366 - 1369)
- Breton Succession war (1364)
- Italian war 1536-38
- Italian war 1542-46
- Italian war 1551-59
- Conquest of Calais (1558) by Duc de Guise
- French religion war, england failed to protect French protestants at Siege of Saint Martin de Ré and Siege of La Rochelle and retreated in 1628
- Augsburg league (1688 - 1697)
- King William's war (1689 - 1697)
- Spanish succession war (1701 - 1714)
French prince Philip, Louis XIV nephew, become King of Spain, making Spain an ally of France after 2 centuries of struggle
- Austrian succession war (1740 - 1748) British surrendered the Netherlands that King of France gave back with chivalry
- King george's war (1740 - 1748)
- First Carnatic war (1744 - 1748)
- 7 years war in Europe
- American revolutionary war (1775 -1783) Lafayette and French help heavily contributed to american success
- French Revolutionary wars (1792 - 1802)
- War of the First Coalition (British and her allies defeated)
- War of the Second coalition
French revolutionary armies conquered Europe, Britain recognised the conquests at treaty of Amiens, and cedes various colonial possessions taken
- War of third Coalition (1805)
- War of Fourth Coalition (1806 - 1807)
- War of Fifth Coalition (1809)
- French corsairs attacks on British commercial fleet (Surcouf)

After 1815, the countries never been at war anymore until today

Conclusion: France won

Wars won against other countries:

- 732, Poitiers, Charles Martel pushed back moors from France and saves western Europe and its civilisation
- Conquest of the west by King of the Francs Charlemagne
- 889, King Oddo victory over Vikings at Siege of paris with only 200 knights
- Thirty years war (1618 - 1648) Victory over Spain, France become more powerfull nation of Europe
- War of Devolution (1667 - 1668)
- Franco Dutch war (1672 - 1678)
- War of the Spanish succession (1701 - 1714) Victories at the end of the conflict, Prince Philippe of France, King Louis XIV nephew, become King of Spain. Until today, the King of Spain is a Bourbon
- War of Quadruple Alliance (1718 - 1720)
- War of Polish Succession (1733 - 1738)
French victory but Stanislas will not reign over Poland. He will have the duchy of Lorraine that will be definitly annexed by France at his death, according to the treaty
- Colonial wars (Algeria, Dahomey, Congo etc between 1830's and 1850's)
- Crimean war (1854 - 1856), first war fought with Britain as ally...
- Second Italian war of Independance (1859) Absolute victory over austrians that allowed italians to unite
- Sino French war (1884 - 1885) occupation of Taiwan and Tonkin Protectorate assured
- WW1 (1914 - 1918)
- WW2 (1939 - 1945) Despite 1940's defeat, French free forces fought with allies until the end of the war
- Algerian independance (1954 - 1962) French army succeded in his military objectives and drove the FLN out of Algeria but the French people gave independance through vote to colonies

France is the european country that fought the most wars, and won the most battles (and many wars consequently)

The British historian Edward Shepherd Creasy listed the 15 most decisive victories of world history from Roman times to 19th century
Among those 15, 4 are French, and 1 with French ancestors...

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