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The Iberian Union (1580–1640), a 60-year dynastic union between Portugal and Spain, interrupted the alliance.The struggle of Elizabeth I of England against Philip II of Spain in the sixteenth century meant that Portugal and England were on opposite sides of the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) and the Dutch–Portuguese War.
In September 1940, Winston Churchill wrote to Salazar congratulating him on his ability to keep Portugal out of the war, asserting that "as so often before during the many centuries of the Anglo-Portuguese alliance, British and Portuguese interests are identical on this vital question." [3]
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Campbell and Eden were right, when in August 1943 the British requested military base facilities in the Azores, invoking the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance, Salazar responded favorably and quickly: [11] Portugal allowed these bases, letting the British use the Azorean ports of Horta (on the island of Faial) and Ponta Delgada (on the island of São ...
Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of 1891. Portugal got more territory in the Zambezi Valley, but ceded the Manicaland Province to British and renounce claims of Pink Map. [33]: 6–7 2nd Luso-Ovimbo War (1890–1904) Bailundo Revolt (1902–1904) Part of Campaigns of Pacification and Occupation; Location: Angola. Portugal. Portuguese Angola; Ovimbundu ...
British–Portuguese relations (Portuguese: Relações Britânico-Portuguesas) are foreign relations between Portugal and the United Kingdom.The relationship, largely driven by the nations' common interests as maritime countries on the edge of Europe and close to larger continental neighbours, dates back to the Middle Ages in 1373 with the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance.
PHOTOS: Vintage Armistice Day celebrations in Fort Worth from the 1930s, 1940s. David Montesino. November 9, 2022 at 9:33 AM.
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