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  2. United Kingdom declaration of war on Germany (1939) - Wikipedia

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    The Royal Navy initiated a naval blockade of Germany on 4 September. Although Britain and France honoured these guarantees by declaring war two days after Germany's invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939, [6] and the dominions of the British Empire quickly followed suit, so little practical assistance was given to Poland, which was soon defeated, that in its early stages the war declared by ...

  3. Declarations of war by Great Britain and the United Kingdom

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    War of the Austrian Succession: France: 31 March 1744 Henry Pelham: Seven Years' War: France: 17 May 1756 Declaration on France: Thomas Pelham-Holles: Treaty of Paris, 10 February 1763. British victory. Spain: 4 January 1762 Declaration on Spain: George III: American Revolutionary War: France: 17 March 1778 Declaration on France: Lord North

  4. Campaigns of 1793 in the French Revolutionary Wars - Wikipedia

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    Then, on 1 February France declared war on Great Britain and the Netherlands. Three other powers made inroads into overwhelmingly French-speaking territory in the following months prompting France to amass, domestically, an army of 1,200,000 soldiers.

  5. French Revolutionary Wars - Wikipedia

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    Spain and Portugal entered the anti-French coalition in January 1793. Britain began military preparations in late 1792 and declared that war was inevitable unless France gave up its conquests, notwithstanding French assurances they would not attack Holland or annex the Low Countries. [14]

  6. French declaration of war on Germany (1939) - Wikipedia

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    Newspaper Paris-soir announcing France's declaration of war on Germany on 3 September 1939.. On 3 September 1939—two days after the German invasion of Poland—France declared war on Nazi Germany according to its defensive treaty with Poland, when France's ultimatum to Germany, issued the previous day, expired at 17:00.

  7. Anglo-French War (1778–1783) - Wikipedia

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    Vergennes, foreign minister of France, worried that a war over the Bavarian succession would upset his plans against Britain. Ever since the Seven Years' War, France's Foreign Ministers, beginning with Choiseul, had followed the general idea that the independence of Britain's North American colonies would be good for France and bad for Britain, and furthermore that French attempts to recover ...

  8. War of the First Coalition - Wikipedia

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    France declared war against Britain and the Netherlands on 1 February 1793 and soon afterwards against Spain. In the course of the year 1793 the Holy Roman Empire (on 23 March), the kings of Portugal and Naples, and the Grand Duke of Tuscany declared war against France. Thus the First Coalition was formed. [18]

  9. Anglo-French Wars - Wikipedia

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    Momentary disruption of the Franco-British alliance when France is occupied by Germany during World War II. Free French Forces still fight as allies with the British. France and Britain become permanent members of the United Nations Security Council in 1945 and join NATO in 1949.