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Clive Standen as Rollo of Normandy in the TV series Vikings. Photo by Jonathan Hession/HISTORY - © 2015 The HISTORY Channel

A contemporary illustration of Cnut the Great and Emma of Normandy donating a cross to the New Minster in Winchester, England. Queen Emma is listed by her English name, Aelfgifu (not to be confused...

A statue in Rouen, France of the Viking chieftain Rollo of Normandy (r. 911-927 CE).

Emma of Normandy, illustration from the Encomium Emmae Reginae (The Encomium Of Queen Emma), MS 33241, c. 1050. The British Library, London.

The effigy in the cathedral of Rouen, France of the Viking chieftain Rollo of Normandy (r. 911-927 CE).

A photograph of Pegasus Bridge on the Caen Canal after its capture on D-Day 6 June 1944 by British paratroopers. Control of the bridge was vital to the eastern flank of the Allied Normandy Landings, preventing German...

Juno Beach was attacked primarily by forces of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division as part of the Allied D-Day Normandy landings of 6 June 1944. The Canadian troops initially suffered heavy casualties since aerial and naval bombardments...

A photograph showing a British pursuit tank about to land at Gold Beach the day after D-day 6 June 1944. (Imperial War Museums)

A 19th century CE painting by Jean-Joseph Dassy of Robert of Normandy at the Siege of Antioch, 1097-8 CE during the First Crusade (1095-1102 CE).

Gold Beach was the central of the five Allied D-Day Normandy landings of 6 June 1944. Primarily British units, with massive naval and air support, were set the task of taking the beach, a feat achieved by the end of the day, using...