On June 17, 1940, The defeated French signed an armistice and quit WW II, leaving Britain standing alone against Germany. In the Summer and fall of that year, German and British forces clashed in the skies over Britain in the first all-air battle in history.
A significant turning point in WW II, the Battle of Britain ended when Germany's Luftwaffe failed to gain air superiority over the Royal Air Force . Britain's decisive victory saved the country from a ground invasion from the enemy and proved air power alone could also be used to win a major battle.
O período conhecido como os Cem Dias marca o período do retorno do imperador francês Napoleão I ao poder, após sua fuga do exílio na ilha de Elba. Ele chegou em Paris em 20 de março de 1815.
The period known as the Hundred Days marks the period of the return of the French emperor Napoleon I to power, after his escape from exile on the island of Elba. He arrived in Paris on March 20, 1815.
In the 1760's Great Britain started imposing taxes on the colonies to pay off the French and Indian War. Colonists who didn't want to pay the taxes would smuggle goods in.
<span>The people practiced religious toleration and the United Provinces was a Republic not a Kingdom</span>
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