Bloody French.

[Shadow Man]

Is this the longest period in History since 1066 that we have not be at war with France??

[delboy3]

Err... Napoleon?

[aristotle]

In 1066 we weren't at war with France but invaded by the Duke of Normandy which was not part of the kingdom of France at the time.

[Lonnie]

Hi Wardy,
Your getting a bit of a history lesson here, and to carry on a bit from aristotle,

The Normans were really Vikings, Normans-----Northmen.

The French gave the Vikings Normandy in return for them to stop raiding and plundering.

But there have been plenty of wars with the French since then.

[stewey]

Didn't the British and American fight against the French Vichy somewhere in North Africa during WW2?

[Kromovaracun]

Vichy French regiments often served as part of British/American forces. So I doubt it...

I think the last time we were at war with France ended in 1815. Came very close to a colonial war over the Fashoda crisis, though.

[stewey]

Ok. I looked up my own question. In 1942 the Americans and the British landed in Morocco and Algeria under the code name 'Operation Torch'. The Allies were actually fired upon by the Vichy French, and the Allies retaliated. So, in a way, the British were 'at war' with the French in 1942.

[stewey]

Kromovaracum, French military personnel who decided to fight with the Allies were members of the Free French Forces, and not the Vichy French. Although the latter may have turned their allegiance AFTER the liberation of France.

[jno]

I don't think there's been any fighting since Waterloo, unless you count fighting against some French in the Second World War while aiding others; so yes, I think so.

[Senga 2]

Im not clear who you mean by "we". The Scots weren't involved in Agincourt et al. We had/have an Auld Alliance with France

[fletcher.5]

Shadow Man
Apart from Agincourt, the 100 Years War, the Twenty Years War, The Seven Years War, Waterloo, Trafalgar, Quebec & The Spanish Succession you are correct