Mind you, the English language uses 11.000 words that have French origins. This includes the French words "inclure", "langage" and "origine" "juste" and "sentence" I just used in this sentence, so you know more French than you think.
That has to do with Opération Lion de Mer, back in 1066 AD, the one that worked. As we aren't allowed to discuss wimmin here we have to sidetrack our true interests.