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1 day ago · On 17 June, the Italian submarine Provana attacked a French convoy off Oran but was depth charged by the sloop La Curieuse, forced to surface and then sunk by ramming. La Curieuse also sustained heavy damage. This was the only Italian submarine to be sunk by the French Navy.
- 10–25 June 1940
- See Aftermath section
- Franco-Italian border
- Italian occupied zone
1 day ago · 11 mai 2001 : création de french.wikipedia.com [88]. 19 mai 2001 : première date connue [89], [90] d'un article, consacré au physicien Paul Héroult. 6 juin 2001 : première page d'accueil connue. 27 décembre 2001 : 55 articles dans Wikipédia en français.
- en activité
- français
- 23 mars 2001 (22 ans)
- fr.wikipedia.org
1 day ago · Britain lost its biggest ally. In 1940, the French Navy was the fourth largest in the world. Only a handful of French ships joined the Free French Forces and fought against Germany, though these were later joined by a few Canadian destroyers. With the French fleet removed from the campaign, the Royal Navy was stretched even further.
- September 3, 1939 – May 8, 1945, (5 years, 8 months and 5 days)
- Allied victory
1 day ago · From 1853 to 1856, the strategic position of the peninsula in controlling the Black Sea meant that it was the site of the principal engagements of the Crimean War, where Russia lost to a French-led alliance. Russian Civil War (1917–1921)
- 27,000 km² (10,000 sq mi)
- Ukraine
- 1,545 m (5069 ft)
- 2,416,856 (2021)
1 day ago · Italian fascism called for women to be honoured as "reproducers of the nation" and the Italian fascist government held ritual ceremonies to honour women's role within the Italian nation. In 1934, Mussolini declared that employment of women was a "major aspect of the thorny problem of unemployment" and that for women working was "incompatible ...
1 day ago · UEFA was officially inaugurated on 15 June 1954 in Basel, Switzerland after consultation between the Italian, French, and Belgian associations. At the founding meeting, 25 members were present. However, 6 other associations which were not present were still recognised as founding members, bringing the total of founding associations to 31. [7]
1 day ago · Lyon (Franco-Provençal: Liyon), formerly spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, 391 km (243 mi) southeast of Paris, 278 km (173 mi) north of Marseille, 113 km (70 mi) southwest of Geneva, 58 km (36 mi) northeast of Saint-Étienne.
