In June 1940, Benito Mussolini chose to ally Italy's forces with those of Adolf Hitler. Soon German and Italian armies were battling Allied troops on several fronts. After defeating German and Italian forces in North Africa, Allied troops crossed over to Sicily in July 1943 and took the island in thirty-nine days.
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I think the <span>"peculiar parliamentary position" was "horizontal."
</span><span>Some years ago in some Commonwealth country, Uganda I think, a member of parliament was reprimanded for accusing some other member of having engaged in what he called "horizontal refreshment" with a female member of his staff in the parliament building. </span>
The disagreement for land ownership in the colonies and the control of the fur trade in the colonies were two factors that resulted in war between Britain and France.
I BET THEY WERE PLEASED AS PUNCH ALTHOUGH KNOWING ME IM PROBABLE WRONG