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Old 28th Oct 2008, 10:37
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yes, you did kick us out of France by various means. And you did win some battles against us. So why not concentrate on those victories than (have your historians) talk rubbish about crecy, agincourt etc?

I am not one that thinks that the French have had no military victories, but the French tend to re-inforce this myth by continuing to have a chip on their shoulder about battles where they lost to the English/British. Indeed the only reaosn the joke is perpetuated at all is because the French react so strongly to it.

I knew a senior French naval officer who believed very strongly that the French navy was hampered to this day by the legacy of Trafalgar. Stop looking for excuses for failures in the past for your own sakes.
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