a lot more than afterwards many were executed
The population of France in 1939 was approximated to be 41,510,000. In this year, there were more deaths than births with a natural change of minus 30,000.
livre was the unit of currency in France before 1794...
France was previously called ''West Francia'' and prior to that ''Gaul''.
France
France and Spain
No - he was the Duke of Normandy. The Duchy of Normandy is in the north west of France, the closest part to England.
Normandy is indeed part of France, but is in the north. It consists of two provinces Upper and Lower Normandy. It used to be the Duchy of Normandy before becoming part of France. It borders the coastline looking towards Britain. Paris is further inland.
It was a Roman Catholic stronghold with a number of small Calvinist enclaves and a very small Jewish population.
Approximately 20,000 men parachuted into France starting about 6 hours before the seaborne landings.
Before settling in Normandy, the Normans originally spoke Old Norse, a North Germanic language. This was due to their Viking heritage and origins in Scandinavia before their migration to northern France.
The 1928 population was 2,382
No, D-Day only started the takeover of Normandy. It was almost a month before Allied forces controlled northern France.
In 1925 the Jewish population of Berlin was about 150,000.
U.S. after Normandy, Russia after Nazi Invasion, England, France before Nazi Occupation
The majority of the population was Jewish.
He was known as William "the Bastard" (because he was illegitimate) the Duke of Normandy. His father was a tanner but he was adopted by the previous duke. The Normans were "northmen" from Norway who had conquered this part of northern France a century before. Over that time they had stopped speaking Norse and began speaking French.
Poland. Just before the start of World War 2 Poland had a Jewish population of about 3.3 million.