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As can be seen on this map, Spain was far from the main battlefields, located on the Franco-German border, northern Italy, Russia and the Ottoman Empire. Spain remained neutral throughout World War I between 28 July 1914 and 11 November 1918, and despite domestic economic difficulties, [ 1 ] it was considered "one of the most important neutral ...
Spain Spanish Sahara; France. 1956 invasion of Hungary Soviet Union: Hungary: 1956 invasion of Egypt France United Kingdom Israel Egypt: 1954 Indian annexation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli India Portugal: 1950 invasion of North Korea United Nations United States South Korea United Kingdom North Korea: 1950 invasion of South Korea North Korea
Spain retained only a handful of overseas holdings: Spanish West Africa (Spanish Sahara), Spanish Guinea, Spanish Morocco, and the Canary Islands. With the loss of the Philippines, Spain's remaining Pacific possessions in the Caroline Islands and Mariana Islands became untenable and were sold to Germany [189] in the German–Spanish Treaty (1899).
April 21 - Spain severs diplomatic relations with the United States. [76] The same day, the U.S. Navy begins a blockade of Cuba. [77] Spain mobilizes 80,000 army reserves and sends 5,000 regular army soldiers to the Canary Islands. [78]
Map of Spanish America c. 1800, showing the 4 viceroyalties (New Spain, pink), (New Granada, green), (Peru, orange), (Río de la Plata, blue) and provincial divisions During the early era and under the Habsburgs, the crown established a regional layer of colonial jurisdiction in the institution of Corregimiento , which was between the Audiencia ...
Initial Muslim victory, conquering the coastal areas of Iberian Peninsula and establishing some colonies on the coast of Spain to help the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb. Areas lost soon after due to the general disorder in the Muslim empire, re-occupied by Visigoths. Byzantine incursion against Visigoth Spain (694/702/703)
Spanish invasion may refer to one of the following historical invasions by Spain: Spanish colonization of the Americas, beginning with the 1492 arrival of Christopher Columbus and continuing for over four centuries; Spanish invasion of Britain, a group of Jacobites and Spanish soldiers which reached Scotland and surrendered at the Battle of ...
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