Unit types in CM:N?

[TheVulture]

But the king of England was a Norman, then Dutch and later German. The European nobility has never trusted the English to be ruled by English.

Not surprising. Have you met the English?

[costard]

But the king of England was a Norman, then Dutch and later German. The European nobility has never trusted the English to be ruled by English.

I think its the English nobility that have a problem with English kings. They know the breed too well.

[Blackcat]

But the king of England was a Norman, then Dutch and later German. The European nobility has never trusted the English to be ruled by English.

We had a French King for a while too (Louis I), but nobody talks about him.

And the Scots had a go for a time, till we chucked them out and invited the Dutch fellow over. There was a Welshman as well. However, we have always drawn a line at the Irish.

[Veteran_Wargamer]

But will the bren's have a tripod option?! lol

[Sgt Joch]

Little known (but true) facts:

-Normandy was conquered and settled by the Vikings, also called Normans in France, around the 8th or 9th century, so technically, england would have been a Viking colony after 1066...

-For many years after 1066, the official language of government in England was French and you can find many official English government documents written in French up to the 15th century, something which us Quebeckers find deliciously ironic...

-Almost all of the Quebeckers of French origin can trace their ancestry to about 10,000 immigrants who came over from france in the 17th and 18th century, most of those came from Normandy, so most French Canadians are descended from the Vikings, which must be why we are so good at Hockey...

[Blackcat]

"england would have been a Viking colony after 1066"

No big change really as England was ruled by King Cnut (the naughty anagram) from 1016 to 1035 and was part of his "viking" empire - which encompassed Denmark, Norway and a chunk of Sweden. After his death his sons mucked it all up and so William the Bastard, through a very lucky win at Hastings, was able to grab the throne, and, incidently, impose his own Year Zero which made Pol Pot look like a friendly local vicar.

[Lanzfeld]

Damn we need a bone here!

[umlaut]

There´s another funny thing about these little known facts concerning the battle of Hastings, Sgt Joch and Blackcat. Namely that BOTH sides in the battle were led by descendants of danish vikings that had conquered Normandy and England.

Harold Godwinsons father, Godwin, was a nephew of Knud the Great, known in England as King Canute. Knud/Canute ruled England from 1016 to1035.

William the Conqueror was the great-great-great grandson of another danish viking, Rollo. Rollo became the first earl of Normandy, when the french king in 911 awarded him Normandy as payment for ending his attacks on France.

Here ends today´s history lesson, now throw me a bone please