Search results for "Gibraltar" - New World Encyclopedia
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- felt the island could potentially be the "Gibraltar of the West" because Key West guarded the northern edge of the 90 mile wide Straits ...32 KB (5,039 words) - 16:55, 7 November 2022
- first recognized overseas unit was chartered in Gibraltar in 1908, followed quickly by a unit in Malta. Scouts Canada became the first overseas dominion ...39 KB (5,942 words) - 22:31, 20 November 2023
- they scheduled simultaneous operations against Gibraltar and Greece for the following January. However, in December 1940, German ambition in the Mediterranean ...73 KB (10,868 words) - 05:44, 22 September 2023
- The Portuguese Empire was the earliest and longest lived of the modern European colonial empires. It spanned almost six centuries, from the capture ...34 KB (5,157 words) - 00:26, 12 April 2023
- [[File:Battle of Gibraltar 1607.jpg|thumb|400px|Naval warfare: The explosion of the Spanish flagship during the Battle of Gibraltar, 25 April ...69 KB (10,326 words) - 23:04, 22 April 2023
- 1713. A further Franco-Spanish effort to recover Gibraltar was unsuccessful. Minorca was ceded to Spain in the peace treaty. ===Whitehaven=== ...40 KB (5,862 words) - 06:46, 25 July 2023
- Once known as the Gibraltar of the West, the defense of Bermuda remains the responsibility of the British government. Until the American Revolutionary ...36 KB (5,347 words) - 11:05, 28 September 2023
- to fight in southern Spain, mainly in Cádiz and Gibraltar with the rank of Second Captain of light infantry. He continued to fight Portugal on the side ...40 KB (6,434 words) - 05:43, 10 May 2024
- Spanish Succession (1701–1714), Spain ceded Gibraltar, Minorca, and Nova Scotia to the British and agreed to give Britain the Asiento, a valuable exclusive ...38 KB (5,601 words) - 20:08, 21 April 2023
- its maturing potency at the Battle of Gibraltar 1607), struck a blow against ... and parts of Milan to Duchy of Savoy; and Gibraltar and Minorca to the Kingdom ...78 KB (11,731 words) - 19:08, 7 February 2023
- June 1944, completely denied the use of the Gibraltar Straits to Axis submarines. Airships from the ZP-12 unit took part in the sinking of the last ...40 KB (6,108 words) - 07:11, 16 June 2023
- the Mediterranean and held the Straits of Gibraltar against any foreign ship ... *Serfaty, William. [http://phoenicia.org/gibraltar.html "The ...45 KB (7,001 words) - 00:42, 29 November 2023
- infiltrations attempts like Operation Gibraltar that sparked the 1965 war, the branches of the Pakistan military enjoyed little coordination ...53 KB (8,038 words) - 18:09, 14 May 2024
- between Austria and Savoy, while Gibraltar and Minorca were retained by Great Britain. Louis XIV, furthermore, agreed to end his support for ...62 KB (10,084 words) - 04:10, 4 November 2022
- Russian fleet at Reval (Tallinn). Meanwhile, off Gibraltar, the outnumbered French squadron under Linois rebuffed a first British attack under Saumarez ...65 KB (9,639 words) - 10:56, 11 April 2024
- Danish pirates sailed through the straits of Gibraltar and raided the little Moroccan state of Nekor. The king's harem had to be ransomed back ...60 KB (9,091 words) - 22:04, 17 April 2023
- *Asad, Mohammed. Sahih-al-Buckari: The Early Years of Islam. Gibraltar: Dar-al-Andalus, 1981 (original 1932). ISBN 0317524585 *al-Azami, Muhammad ...64 KB (10,057 words) - 01:48, 11 March 2023
- chosen to retain their colonial status, such as Gibraltar and French Guiana. On the other hand, colonial powers have sometimes promoted decolonization ...71 KB (10,085 words) - 19:16, 10 July 2023
- British supremacy of the Mediterranean, hinged on Gibraltar, Malta, and Alexandria. Italian troops invaded and captured British Somaliland in August ...70 KB (11,168 words) - 13:51, 20 May 2023
- drive on the left except for BIOT and Gibraltar. |cctld=.ukISO 3166 ... Hudson's Bay, Nova Scotia and Gibraltar to Britain. ...123 KB (18,096 words) - 11:41, 3 May 2023
- Carrier battle group, on a training exercise near Gibraltar was re-positioned towards the eastern Mediterranean to defend Israel if necessary, causing ...66 KB (10,247 words) - 22:42, 29 January 2023
- sailing from Southampton to destinations such as Gibraltar, Malta and Athens. url=http://www.btnews.co.uk/article/5037|title=Ccruise News|date ...101 KB (14,057 words) - 17:18, 7 May 2024
