The Franco-Thai War Military_operation ( ; ) ( 1940–1941 ) was fought Hostile_encounter between Thailand and Vichy France over certain areas of French Indochina .

Negotiations with France shortly before World War II had shown Presence that the French government was willing to make appropriate changes Change in the boundaries between Thailand and French Indochina , but only slightly .

Following the Fall of France in 1940 , Major-General Plaek Pibulsonggram ( popularly known as `` Phibun '' ) , the prime minister of Thailand , decided Deciding that France 's defeat Conquering gave Giving the Thais an even better chance to regain Getting the vassal state Statement territories that were ceded Surrendering to France during King Chulalongkorn 's reign .

Following the Fall of France in 1940 , Major-General Plaek Pibulsonggram ( popularly known as `` Phibun '' ) , the prime minister of Thailand , decided Deciding that France 's defeat Conquering gave Giving the Thais an even better chance to regain Getting the vassal state Statement territories that were ceded Surrendering to France during King Chulalongkorn 's reign .

Following the Fall of France in 1940 , Major-General Plaek Pibulsonggram ( popularly known as `` Phibun '' ) , the prime minister of Thailand , decided Deciding that France 's defeat Conquering gave Giving the Thais an even better chance to regain Getting the vassal state Statement territories that were ceded Surrendering to France during King Chulalongkorn 's reign .

The German military occupation of a large part of France made Causation France 's hold Defending on its overseas possessions , including French Indochina , difficult .

The German military occupation of a large part of France made Causation France 's hold Defending on its overseas possessions , including French Indochina , difficult .

This seemingly subservient behaviour convinced Convincing the Phibun regime that France would not seriously resist Defending a confrontation with Thailand .

The conflict split Causation Europe into two coalitions : one was led by the Kingdom of Great Britain and included Cause_to_be_included the Kingdom of Prussia , the Kingdom of Portugal , the Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg , and other small German states ; while the other was led by the Kingdom of France and included Cause_to_be_included the Austrian-led Holy Roman Empire , the Russian Empire ( until 1762 ) , the Kingdom of Spain , Sweden , and the Electorate of Saxony .

Seeing the opportunity to curtail Britain 's and Prussia 's ever-growing Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale might , France and Austria put aside their ancient rivalry Competition to form a grand coalition of their own , bringing Bringing most of the other European powers to their side .

However , French efforts ended Process_end in failure when the Anglo-Prussian coalition prevailed Conquering , and Britain 's rise as among the world 's predominant powers destroyed Destroying France 's supremacy in Europe , thus altering Change the European balance of power .

British and German writers and historians acknowledge Statement that air battles were fought Hostile_encounter over the Channel between the Battle of France and Britain ; deliberate German attacks against British coastal targets and convoys began Process_start on 4 July .

The Vendée is a coastal region , located immediately south of the Loire River in western France .

It followed Motion centuries of conflict Hostile_encounter over this territory , first among Native American tribes , and then with the added shifting alliances among the tribes and the European powers of France and Great Britain , and their colonials .

The Dunkirk evacuation Removing , code-named Operation Dynamo , also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk , was the evacuation Removing of Allied soldiers during World War II from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk , in the north of France , between 26 May and 4 June 1940 .

The operation commenced Process_start after large numbers of Belgian , British , and French troops Hostile_encounter were cut off Removing and surrounded Surrounding by German troops during the six-week long Battle Hostile_encounter of France .

After Nazi Germany invaded Attack Poland in September 1939 , France and the British Empire declared Expressing_publicly war on Germany and imposed Action an economic blockade .

After the Phoney War of October 1939 to April 1940 , Germany invaded Attack Belgium , the Netherlands , and France on 10 May 1940 .

By 21 May German forces Hostile_encounter had trapped the BEF , the remains of the Belgian forces Hostile_encounter , and three French field armies along the northern coast of France .

The United Kingdom and the Soviet Union were the main supporters Supporting of the Nigerian government , while France , Israel and some other countries supported Supporting Biafra .

A total of 112 people were initially believed Know to be on board , including Mexicans and foreigners from France and the United States .

General Sir Harold Alexander , Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Armies in Italy , planned Arranging `` Diadem '' to coordinate roughly with the invasion of Normandy , so that German forces Military_operation would be tied Connect down in Italy , and could not be redeployed to France .

The belligerents were France , French colonists , and various Indian tribes versus England , English colonists , and various Indian tribes for control Control of the American continent ; the War Hostile_encounter of the Spanish Succession was primarily fought Hostile_encounter in Europe .

It is also known as the Third Indian War Hostile_encounter or as the Second Intercolonial War Hostile_encounter in France .

It was fought Hostile_encounter between Allied forces and the German Empire in the Somme River valley in northern France .

The Zaian ( or Zayan ) War was fought Hostile_encounter between France and the Zaian confederation of Berber tribes in Morocco between 1914 and 1921 during the French conquest of Morocco .

The outbreak of the First World War proved significant , with the withdrawal of troops for service in France compounded by the loss of more than 600 French killed at the Battle of El Herri .

The attack Attack was condemned Judgment_communication by officials of Israel , the Palestinian Authority , France , the United Kingdom , and the United States .

The Sardinian army was composed Come_together mostly of mercenaries , including the renowned Genoese crossbowmen and other units from France and northern Italy .

He also became Becoming the first winner of the race to have been bred Creating in France for 100 years .

Marseille was arguably the best team in France at the time , and the board of Bastia wanted Request to take advantage of it by adding a large-capacity stand , to increase Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the number of seats by 50 % .

After landing Self_motion in the Cotentin Peninsula on 12 July , the English army had burnt Damaging a path of destruction Destroying through some of the richest lands in France to within of Paris , sacking Attack a number of towns on the way .

Edward ended Process_end the campaign Military_operation by laying siege Besieging to Calais , which fell after twelve months , securing an English entrepôt into northern France which was held Conquering for two hundred years .

The United States , France and the United Kingdom were divided about the best way to protect Defending the pocket .

The events were partly inspired Influence by the need for extraordinary measures in the face of newly emerging Coming_to_be threats to the stability of Poland 's independence by Piłsudski 's own assessment of the foreign treaties signed Sign_agreement by Weimar Germany with France in 1925 ( fundamentally abandoning GiveUp Poland ) and with the Soviet Russia in April 1926 , to which Poland 's representatives had not been invited Request .

France won the tournament Competition after defeating Conquering Denmark in the final Competition , while Spain won the bronze medal after defeating Conquering Sweden in the third-place match .

Thus , France has qualified Getting for the tournament Competition at the London Olympics .

The 1965 Skyways Coach-Air Avro 748 crash occurred on 10 July 1965 when Avro 748-101 Series 1 G-ARMV , flown Motion during a scheduled international passenger flight Motion from Beauvais Airport , Oise , France , crashed Catastrophe on landing at its intended destination of Lympne Airport , Kent , United Kingdom .

`` Poland earned Earnings_and_losses promotion to the 1966 Group A. Romania joined Becoming_a_member France and Italy in the following year 's qualification for Group B . ''

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Hamel ( 4 July 1918 ) was a successful attack Attack by Australian Army and US Army infantry , supported Supporting by British tanks , against German positions in and around the town of Le Hamel , in northern France , during World War Hostile_encounter I .

Bengali Submariners who had defected Escaping from Pakistani submarine PNS Mangro ( S133 ) , then based in Toulon in France , led the attacks Attack , and this is also known as Operation Jackpot .

During the war , France and its client states under Napoleon I defeated Conquering an alliance , the Third Coalition , made up Come_together of the Holy Roman Empire , Russia , Britain and others .

The Third Coalition itself came to Motion full fruition in 1804–05 as Napoleon 's actions in Italy ( crowning Change_of_leadership himself with the Iron Crown of Lombardy ) and Germany ( notably the arrest Arrest and execution of the Duc d'Enghien ) spurred Austria and Russia into joining Becoming_a_member Britain against France .

The treaty confirmed Check the Austrian cession of lands in Italy and Bavaria to France and in Germany to Napoleon 's German allies , imposed Action an indemnity of 40 million francs on the defeated Conquering Habsburgs , and allowed Preventing_or_letting the defeated Russian troops free passage , with their arms and equipment , through hostile territories and back to their home soil .

Victory at Austerlitz also permitted Preventing_or_letting the creation of the Confederation of the Rhine , a collection of German states intended as a buffer zone between France and central Europe .

The term contrasts Perception_active with `` Western Front '' , which was being fought Hostile_encounter in Belgium and France .

The Great Siege of Gibraltar was an unsuccessful attempt by Spain and France to capture Conquering Gibraltar from the British during the American War of Independence .

For the second time , the runners-up of eight domestic leagues ( three teams from Spain ( including current UEFA Champions League title holder ) ; two teams from England , France , Greece ( replacing Turkey ) , the Netherlands , Germany , Italy and Portugal ) were entered Participation into the competition .

It began Process_start on November 1974 in Chicago , ended Process_end on 22 May 1975 in Besançon , France , and promoted Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale their 1974 concept album of the same name .

It is said Telling that three hundred French prisoners were sent Sending back to France .