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As Adolf Hitler's occupation swept across Europe, neutral Portugal became one of Europe's last escape routes. Portugal was able to maintain its neutrality until 1944, when a military agreement was signed to give the United States permission to establish a military base in Terceira Island in the Azores and thus its status changed to non ...
Spanish invasion of Portugal (1762) Fantastic War. First Cevallos expedition; Mojeño War; Location: Europe, North America, West Indies, South America, West Africa, India, Philippines Great Britain. British America Prussia Portugal (from 1762) State of Brazil; Hanover Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Hesse-Kassel Schaumburg-Lippe. Iroquois Confederacy ...
Portugal remained steadfastly neutral in World War II, but became involved in counterinsurgency campaigns against scattered guerrilla movements in Portuguese Angola, Portuguese Mozambique, and Portuguese Guinea. Except in Portuguese Guinea, where the revolutionary PAIGC quickly conquered most of the country, Portugal was able to easily contain ...
The House of Aviz, known as the Joanine Dynasty, succeeded the House of Burgundy as the reigning house of the Kingdom of Portugal. The house was founded by John I of Portugal, who was the Grand Master of the Order of Aviz. When King John II of Portugal died without an heir, the throne of Portugal passed to his cousin, Manuel, Duke of Beja.
Spanish–Portuguese War (1735–1737), fought over the Banda Oriental (Uruguay) Spanish–Portuguese War (1762–1763), also known as the Fantastic War; Spanish–Portuguese War (1776–1777), fought over the border between Spanish and Portuguese South America; War of the Oranges in 1801, when Spain and France defeated Portugal in the Iberian ...
During the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal became a leading European power that ranked with England, France and Spain in terms of economic, political and cultural influence. Though not dominant in European affairs, Portugal did have an extensive colonial trading empire throughout the world backed by a powerful thalassocracy.
About 1.2 million Austrians served in all branches of the German armed forces during World War II. After the defeat of the Axis Powers, the Allies occupied Austria in four occupation zones set up at the end of World War II until 1955, when the country again became a fully independent republic under the condition that it remained neutral.
The war can be thought of as an extension of the Eighty Years' War being fought in Europe at the time between Spain and the Netherlands, as Portugal was in a dynastic union with Spain after the War of the Portuguese Succession, for most of the conflict. However, the conflict had little to do with the war in Europe and served mainly as a way for ...