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The Entente Cordiale (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃tɑ̃t kɔʁdjal]; lit. ' Cordial Agreement ') comprised a series of agreements signed on 8 April 1904 between the United Kingdom and the French Republic which saw a significant improvement in Anglo-French relations.
Entente Cordiale in 1904. ... Anglo-French War (1109–1113) – first conflict between the Capetian dynasty and the House of Normandy post-Norman conquest;
Nevertheless, peace has generally prevailed since Napoleon I, and friendly ties between the two were formally established with the 1904 Entente Cordiale, and the British and French were allied against Germany in both World War I and World War II; in the latter conflict, British armies helped to liberate occupied France from Nazi Germany.
2.1 Entente cordiale (1904) 2.2 World War II (1940) 2.3 Suez Crisis (1956) 3 In fiction. ... Anglo-French is a common language spoken by the inhabitants on both sides ...
It was built upon the Franco-Russian Alliance of 1894, the Entente Cordiale of 1904 between France and Britain, and the Anglo-Russian Entente of 1907. It formed a powerful counterweight to the Triple Alliance of the German Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the Kingdom of Italy.
The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh have celebrated Anglo-French relations at a ceremony marking the 120th anniversary of the Entente Cordiale. Edward and Sophie inspected UK and French troops on ...
Anglo-French alliance may refer to: Treaty of Paris (1657), an alliance against Spain; Anglo-French Alliance (1716–31), another alliance against Spain; Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata (1845-1850) Anglo-French joint invasion of Qing Dynasty during the Second Opium War (1856–1860) Entente Cordiale (1904) fought together in both ...
The alliance was supplemented by the Anglo-French Entente Cordiale of 1904 and the Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907 and developed into the Triple Entente which opposed Germany and Austria during the First World War. [23]