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Greiner, H. (1979) 'Operation Seelowe and Intensified Air Warfare Against England up to 30 October 1940', in Detweiler, D. World War II German Military Studies, Volume 7 of 24. New York. Haining, Peter (2004). Where the Eagle Landed: The Mystery of the German Invasion of Britain, 1940. Robson. ISBN 1-86105-750-4. Hewitt, Geoff (2008).
A British soldier on a beach in Southern England, 7 October 1940. Detail from a pillbox embrasure. British anti-invasion preparations of the Second World War entailed a large-scale division of military and civilian mobilisation in response to the threat of invasion (Operation Sea Lion) by German armed forces in 1940 and 1941.
1296 - English invasion of Scotland (1296), undertaken by King Edward I of England, event that initiated the First War of Scottish Independence. 1298 - English invasion of Scotland (1298), undertaken by King Edward I of England, to retaliate against the defeat of an English army at the Battle of Stirling Bridge to conquer Scotland.
Scottish invasion of England, undertaken by King James IV of Scotland who is defeated at the Battle of Flodden near Branxton, Northumberland. James IV dies on the battlefield. 1640: Scottish Covenanter forces invade England as part of the Second Bishops' War and are victorious at the Battle of Newburn, leading to a truce and the 1641 Treaty of ...
Oliver Cromwell led an invasion of Scotland in 1650, and defeated the Scottish army at Dunbar. One year later, a Scottish invasion of England was again defeated by Cromwell at Worcester. Cromwell emerged as the leading figure in the English government and Scotland was occupied by an English force under George Monck.
The military history of the United Kingdom in World War II covers the Second World War against the Axis powers, starting on 3 September 1939 with the declaration of war by the United Kingdom and France, followed by the UK's Dominions, Crown colonies and protectorates on Nazi Germany in response to the invasion of Poland by Germany. There was ...
British soldiers wounded at Narvik recuperating in Mearnskirk Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland. The British had drafted plans to land in Narvik before the German invasion; troops and supplies had been loaded onto ships when they executed their mining operation on 8 April.
At the time of Óengus the pretender's invasion, he was serving as a judge at Henry I's court in England: Kingdom of Scotland: Kingdom of Moray. Kingdom of Ross. Scottish Victory. King Óengus of Moray killed in battle, while Máel Coluim mac Alaxandair (King of Ross) imprisoned for life; Somairle's invasion of Scotland (1164)