England S Last War Against France
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England S Last War Against France
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Author : Colin Smith
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2010-11-25
England S Last War Against France written by Colin Smith and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-25 with History categories.
Genuinely new story of the Second World War - the full account of England's last war against France in 1940-42. Most people think that England's last war with France involved point-blank broadsides from sailing ships and breastplated Napoleonic cavalry charging red-coated British infantry. But there was a much more recent conflict than this. Under the terms of its armistice with Nazi Germany, the unoccupied part of France and its substantial colonies were ruled from the spa town of Vichy by the government of Marshal Philip Petain. Between July 1940 and November 1942, while Britain was at war with Germany, Italy and ultimately Japan, it also fought land, sea and air battles with the considerable forces at the disposal of Petain's Vichy French. When the Royal Navy sank the French Fleet at Mers El-Kebir almost 1,300 French sailors died in what was the twentieth century's most one-sided sea battle. British casualties were nil. It is a wound that has still not healed, for undoubtedly these events are better remembered in France than in Britain. An embarrassment at the time, France's maritime massacre and the bitter, hard-fought campaigns that followed rarely make more than footnotes in accounts of Allied operations against Axis forces. Until now.
A Collection Of State Papers Relative To The War Against France
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1796
A Collection Of State Papers Relative To The War Against France written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1796 with categories.
A Collection Of State Papers Relative To The War Against France
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1802
A Collection Of State Papers Relative To The War Against France written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1802 with categories.
The English People At War In The Age Of Henry Viii
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Author : Steven J. Gunn
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018
The English People At War In The Age Of Henry Viii written by Steven J. Gunn and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with HISTORY categories.
War should be recognised as one of the defining features of life in the England of Henry VIII. Henry fought many wars throughout his reign, and this book explores how this came to dominate English culture and shape attitudes to the king and to national history, with people talking and reading about war, and spending money on weaponry and defence.
The Hundred Years War
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Author : C. T. Allmand
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1988-02-04
The Hundred Years War written by C. T. Allmand and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988-02-04 with History categories.
A comparative study of how the societies of late medieval England and France reacted to the long period of conflict between them from political, military, social and economic perspectives.
That Sweet Enemy
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Author : Isabelle Tombs
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2010-12-07
That Sweet Enemy written by Isabelle Tombs and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12-07 with History categories.
From Blenheim and Waterloo to 'Up Yours, Delors' and 'Hop Off You Frogs', the cross-Channel relationship has been one of rivalry, misapprehension and suspicion. But it has also been a relationship of envy, admiration and affection. In the nearly two centuries since the final defeat of Napoleon, France and Britain have spent much of that time as allies - an alliance that has been almost as uneasy, as competitive and as ambivalent as the generations of warfare. Their rivalry both on peace and war, for good and ill, has shaped the modern world, from North America to India in the eighteenth century, in Africa, the Middle East and South East Asia during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and it is still shaping Europe today. This magisterial book, by turns provocative and delightful, always fascinating, tells the rich and complex story of the relationship over three centuries, from the beginning of the great struggle for mastery during the reign of Louis XIV to the second Iraq War and the latest enlargement of the EU. It tells of wars and battles, ententes and alliances, but also of food, fashion, sport, literature, sex and music. Its cast ranges from William and Mary to Tony Blair, from Voltaire to Eric Cantona; its sources from ambassadorial dispatches to police reports, from works of philosophy to tabloid newspapers, from guidebooks to cartoons and films. It's a book which brings both British humour and Gallic panache to the story of these two countries, in sickness and in health, for richer for poorer, in victory and in defeat, in dominance and in decline.
The Fall Of English France 1449 53
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Author : David Nicolle
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2012-02-20
The Fall Of English France 1449 53 written by David Nicolle and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-20 with History categories.
Despite the great English victories at Crécy, Poitiers and Agincourt, the French eventually triumphed in the Hundred Years War. This book examines the last campaign of the war, covering the great battles at Formigny in 1450 and Castillon in 1453, both of which hold an interesting place in military history. The battle of Fornigny saw French cavalry defeat English archers in a reverse of those earlier English victories, while Castillon became the first great success for gunpowder artillery in fixed positions. Finally, the book explains how the seemingly unmartial King Charles VII of France all but drove the English into the sea, succeeding where so many of his predecessors had failed.
The Hundred Years War
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Author : Desmond Seward
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 1999-08-01
The Hundred Years War written by Desmond Seward and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-08-01 with History categories.
From 1337 to 1453 England repeatedly invaded France on the pretext that her kings had a right to the French throne. Though it was a small, poor country, England for most of those "hundred years" won the battles, sacked the towns and castles, and dominated the war. The protagonists of the Hundred Years War are among the most colorful in European history: Edward III, the Black Prince; Henry V, who was later immortalized by Shakespeare; the splendid but inept John II, who died a prisoner in London; Charles V, who very nearly overcame England; and the enigmatic Charles VII, who at last drove the English out. Desmond Seward's critically-acclaimed account of the Hundred Years War brings to life all of the intrigue, beauty, and royal to-the-death-fighting of that legendary century-long conflict.
The Reluctant Enemies
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Author : Warren Tute
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 1990
The Reluctant Enemies written by Warren Tute and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with History categories.
Fransk-engelsk-amerikansk politik; hovedpersonernes indbyrdes forhold: de Gaulle, Churchill, Roosevelt; Bogen forsøger at kaste lys over forholdet mellem Vichy-Frankrig og England; Frie Franske og England; sænkningen af den franske flåde; Mers-el-Kebir; Dakar, Syrien-felttoget; Operation TORCH m.m.
England France And Aquitaine
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Author : Richard Ballard
language : en
Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
Release Date : 2020-07-19
England France And Aquitaine written by Richard Ballard and has been published by Pen & Sword Military this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-19 with History categories.
This is a narrative history of England and France during the Hundred Years War, from the triumphs of Henry V to the defeat of the English and loss of Gascony and Bordeaux - a huge blow to English prestige and economic interest. This is a military history with technical detail, linked to high politics, courtly intrigue, dynastic ambition, economic interest (wine trade and Bordeaux). The story revolves around the death of two Kings, Henry V of England, soon after his military triumphs, and Charles VI of France, in 1422. Both had historic claims to the 'French fiefs'. Henry was succeeded by Richard II, and Charles was succeeded by Charles VII. The contrast could hardly have been greater between Richard, a diffident, scholarly and religious figure, in an age when kings were expected to be aggressive leaders and military commanders; and Charles - an able politician, soldier and, in modern parlance, a 'hard man', who embodied the 15th century concept of kingship. Intermittent but constant warfare continued until English defeat in 1476 and the loss of Gascony and Bordeaux, and the Peace of Picquigny brought to an end a decisive episode in the Hundred Years War, foreshadowing England's future total withdrawal from France.