Not really. We kicked their arses all over the place for a while, culminating in King Henry being promised the French throne so long as he could outlive King Charles. Unfortunately, some pesky French chef (probably) fed Henry some dodgy eggs.
Anyway, the French got damn lucky because Henry died (of dyssentry) only a few months before Charles did (of I'm not sure what, possibly old age, I can't be bothered to check right now).
So the English throne passed to Henry VI who was a baby and so unable (and later unwilling) to fight himself.
The French had some good luck, the English had some bad luck. Before you know it England's holdings in France were reduced to Calais.
We didn't really give them a good kicking again until the 1750's when we booted them out of Canada.
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