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At the start of World War II in 1939, the Portuguese Government announced on 1 September that the 550-year-old Anglo-Portuguese Alliance remained intact, but since the British did not seek Portuguese assistance, Portugal was free to remain neutral in the war and would do so.
The siege of Lisbon was one of the few Christian victories of the Second Crusade—it was "the only success of the universal operation undertaken by the pilgrim army", i.e., the Second Crusade, according to the near contemporary historian Helmold, [3] although others have questioned whether it was really part of that crusade. [4]
The king took what he could carry before leaving the city to continue the Crusade. He would later go on to attack the Barbary pirates of Majorca before continuing his journey to Sicily . Shortly after the siege, the city was handed over to the Kingdom of León through Henry, Count of Portugal .
White Sea to Scotland: 30 December 1942 23 May 1945 17 (# 51-67) replaced QP convoys RB United States to British Isles September 1942 September 1942 1 small passenger steamers SC: Sydney, Nova Scotia (or Halifax Harbour or New York City) to Liverpool: 15 August 1940 26 May 1945 177 7-knot convoys of eastbound ships too slow for the 9-knot HX ...
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Bennington, Vt: Merriam Press. World War II Historical Society monograph, 41. OCLC: 50874309. ISBN 978-1-57638-024-6; 978-1-57638-072-7. Evans, Michael, 'PoW tells of escape maps printed on secret press' The Times, 23 June 1997. Garber, Megan. 2013. "How Monopoly Games Helped Allied POWs Escape During World War II." The Atlantic. January 2013.
During World War II, the neutral powers took no official side, hoping to avoid attack. However, Portugal, Sweden, and Switzerland all helped the Allies by supplying "voluntary" brigades [1] to the United Kingdom, [2] while Spain avoided the Allies in favor of the Axis, supplying them with its own voluntary brigade, the Blue Division. Ireland ...
World War II sites in Scotland (2 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Scotland in World War II" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.