The Battle of Poitiers was a major English victory against the French in the Edwardian phase of the Hundred's Year War. The battle was fought on September 19, 1356 in Nouaillé, near the city of Poitiers in Aquitaine, western France. An army of English, Welsh, Breton and Gascon troops, many of them veterans of Crécy, led by Edward, the Black Prince, defeated a larger French and allied army led by King John II of France, leading to the capture of the king, his son, and much of the French nobility.
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Japan backs a democracy after ww2 so that means the people can vote. China is communist and does not listen to its people
Answer: Britain had become the major power in Europe and the rest of the world
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Still smarting from its defeat in the Seven Years’ War and loss of colonies worldwide, including much of Canada, France saw America’s rebellion as an opportunity for revenge—and to re-establish part of its own empire at British expense. The wily Comte de Vergennes, France’s foreign minister, urged Louis XVI to support the Americans, arguing that “providence had marked out this moment for the humiliation of England.”
French participation transformed what might otherwise have been a lopsided colonial rebellion into a significant war, with potential to become another global conflict. The British, it turned out, had little appetite for this—especially when other European powers such as Spain and the Dutch Republic proved willing to support the colonists. The geopolitical calculus made it difficult for British legislators to accept the prospect of a prolonged, costly and global battle.
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The global war on terrorism is a military campaign launched internationally by the United States government following the terrorists attack on United State's soil on September 11, 2001. The main target of the campaign is the Sunni Islamic fundamentalist groups in the Muslim world. Examples are, Al Qaeda, the Taliban, Islamic state etc.
The long term goals of the global war on terrorism include;
-To identify and obliterate terrorists and terrorist organisations
- End state sponsorship of terrorism
- Strengthen and maintain international responsibility on fighting terrorism.
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