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Vor 3 Tagen · Battle of Britain, during World War II, the successful defense of Great Britain against unremitting and destructive air raids conducted by the German air force from July through September 1940, after the fall of France. Learn more about the Battle of Britain in this article.
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- The Battle of Britain was the successful defense of Great Britain against the air raids conducted by the German air force in 1940 after the fall of...
- The Battle of Britain took place between July and September 1940 during World War II.
- Winston Churchill was the British prime minister during the Battle of Britain.
- Acknowledging the importance of the Royal Air Force in the Battle of Britain, Prime Minister Winston Churchill declared, “Never in the field of hum...
Vor 2 Tagen · The British advantage in naval artillery diminished after the battleship HMS Goliath was torpedoed and sunk on 13 May by the Muâvenet-i Millîye, killing 570 men out of a crew of 750, including the ship's commander, Captain Thomas Shelford. A German submarine, U-21, sank HMS Triumph on 25 May and HMS Majestic on 27 May.
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Vor 2 Tagen · After capturing a British invasion army in 1777, the new nation formed an alliance with France (and in turn Spain aided France), equalizing the military and naval balance and putting Britain at risk of invasion from France. The British army controlled only a handful of coastal cities in the U.S. 1780–1781 was a low point for Britain. Taxes and deficits were high, government corruption was ...
Vor 2 Tagen · By 400, the Roman provinces in Britain (all the territory to the south of Hadrian's Wall) were a peripheral part of the Roman Empire, occasionally lost to rebellion or invasion, but until then always eventually recovered. That cycle of loss and recapture collapsed over the next decade. Eventually, around 410, although Roman power remained a force to be reckoned with for a further three ...
Vor 4 Tagen · The Viking invasions of England began in earnest in the late 8th century, with the infamous raid on the monastery of Lindisfarne in 793. This attack, which shocked the Christian world, was followed by a series of increasingly bold and destructive incursions into the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England.
Vor 4 Tagen · The successful Norman invasion of 1066 proved to be the last time a foreign power was able to conquer England, and indeed Britain as a whole. In the nearly 1000 years since, Britain has fought many wars against rival powers like France, Spain, the Netherlands and Germany, but it has been able to repel all invasion attempts and preserve its ...
Vor 3 Tagen · World War II, conflict that involved virtually every part of the world during the years 1939–45. The principal belligerents were the Axis powers — Germany, Italy, and Japan —and the Allies— France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and, to a lesser extent, China.
