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The Battle of Britain (German: Luftschlacht um England, lit. 'air battle for England') was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) of the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom (UK) against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe.
Battle of Raith: Battle where the Angles defeated an alliance of Scots, Britons and Picts under King Áedán mac Gabráin of Dál Riata. Actually a confusion with the Battle of Catraeth. 603 Battle of Degsastan: Battle between the English Kingdom of Bernicia and the kingdom of Dál Riata under King Áedán mac Gabráin. 671 Battle of Two Rivers
The Battle of Britain began on 10 July 1940, when the first Luftwaffe bomber fleets began attacking convoys and Royal Navy forces in English ports and the Channel. The results were positive and the Germans succeeded in forcing the British to abandon the channel convoy route and to redirect shipping to ports in north-eastern Britain.
4 and 5 August 910 Battle of Wednesfield near Wolverhampton. 'The first written references to Wednesfield came in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle where there is mention of a great battle at Wednesfield in which the Mercians and their allies inflicted a defeat on the Danes, leading to the effective end of their power.' [23]
The following other wikis use this file: Usage on ast.wikipedia.org Batalla d'Inglaterra; Usage on azb.wikipedia.org بریتانیا دؤیوشو
Royal navy won a battle; a small-scale Jacobite invasion was defeated; Treaty of The Hague: Spanish attempt at expansion fails. Dummer's War (1721–1725) New England Colonies Mohawk: Wabanaki Confederacy: British victory. Britain recognises the rights of the region's indigenous inhabitants. The War of Jenkins' Ear (1739–1748)
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