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May 24, 2024 · February 28: The first televised college basketball game was aired over New York City's W2XBS, the National Broadcasting Company's experimental television station.
2 days ago · Battle of Britain, during World War II, the successful defense of Great Britain against unremitting and destructive air raids conducted by the German air force (Luftwaffe) from July through September 1940, after the fall of France.
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- The Battle of Britain was the successful defense of Great Britain against the air raids conducted by the German air force in 1940 after the fall of...
- The Battle of Britain took place between July and September 1940 during World War II.
- Winston Churchill was the British prime minister during the Battle of Britain.
- Acknowledging the importance of the Royal Air Force in the Battle of Britain, Prime Minister Winston Churchill declared, “Never in the field of hum...
May 25, 2024 · 1940. The first full year of the war saw Germany invading its European neighbors: Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Denmark, Norway, Luxembourg, and Romania. Further, the bombing of Britain lasted for months. The Royal Air Force undertook nighttime raids in Germany in response.
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May 19, 2024 · Dunkirk evacuation, (1940) in World War II, the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and other Allied troops from the French seaport of Dunkirk (Dunkerque) to England. Naval vessels and hundreds of civilian boats were used in the evacuation, which began on May 26.
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1 day ago · World War II was a conflict that involved virtually every part of the world during 1939–45. The main combatants were the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) and the Allies (France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and China).
1 day ago · Background. Anti-submarine warfare. Early skirmishes (September 1939 – May 1940) British situation. 'The Happy Time' (June 1940 – February 1941) Great surface raiders. Escort groups (March–May 1941) The field of battle widens (June–December 1941) Operation Drumbeat (January–June 1942) Battle returns to the mid-Atlantic (July 1942 – February 1943)
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1 day ago · Lloyd George and the Lost Peace: From Versailles to Hitler 1919-1940. Basingstoke, Palgrave, 2001, ISBN: 9780333919613; 200pp.; Price: £80.00. A. J. Sylvester, David Lloyd George's private secretary from 1921 until 1945, and who therefore should have had a better opportunity than most to reach a judgement, was, like most historians who have ...
