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3 days ago · As a result of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign in 1917, the British occupied Palestine and parts of what would become Syria. French troops took Damascus in 1918. The League of Nations officially gave the French the Mandate of Syria and the British the Mandate of Palestine after the 1920 San Remo conference , in accordance with the 1916 Sykes ...
Napoleon ends his siege of Acre in 1799, which would be the turning point of his invasion of Egypt and Syria, along with the Battle of Nile, where he would be defeated by the British. After the losses at Bassano and Caldiero during the Italian campaign, this would be his first major strategic defeat
May 7, 2024 · Waterloo 9 France 8 7 Austria 6 Prussia 5 Germany 4 Italy 3 Egypt 2 1 The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, sometimes called the Great French War... 26 KB (1,205 words) - 18:26, 22 April 2024
5 days ago · Peace of Westphalia, Peace of Münster and Treaty of the Pyrenees. Dutch–Portuguese War (1601–1661) and Spanish–Portuguese War (1640–1668) continue, without attacks to Mexican domains. Castilian War (1578) Part of Ottoman-Habsburg Wars on Southeast Asia and Spanish-Moro Wars. Spanish Empire.
3 days ago · The Golan Heights, or simply the Golan, is a region in the Levant.The region defined as the Golan Heights differs between disciplines: as a geological and biogeographical region, the term refers to a basaltic plateau bordered by the Yarmouk River in the south, the Sea of Galilee and Hula Valley in the west, the Anti-Lebanon with Mount Hermon in the north and Wadi Raqqad in the east.
5 days ago · Golan Heights. Golan Heights. Golan Heights, near the Syrian-Israeli border. Golan Heights, hilly area overlooking the upper Jordan River valley on the west. The area was part of extreme southwestern Syria until 1967, when it came under Israeli military occupation, and in December 1981 Israel unilaterally annexed the part of the Golan it held.
2 days ago · The USAF F-117 Nighthawk, one of the key aircraft used in Operation Desert Storm. The Gulf War began with an extensive aerial bombing campaign on 16 January 1991. For 42 consecutive days and nights, the coalition forces subjected Iraq to one of the most intensive air bombardments in military history.
