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French victory in the Hundred Years War; British victory in the Second Hundred Years' War. France and Britain become informal allies in the late 19th century. Entente Cordiale in 1904. Momentary disruption of the Franco-British alliance when France is occupied by Germany during World War II. Free French Forces still fight as allies with the ...
L'Attaque or The Attack is a French board wargame first published by Hermance Edan in 1909 which inspired the creation of later games, such as Stratego.Two players each move 36 ranked game pieces with hidden identities and challenge opposing pieces, the results of which are determined by the rank hierarchy, in order to either capture their opponent's Flag or manipulate the board so their ...
Nearly a century before the invasion literature genre became a true popular phenomenon after the publication of The Battle of Dorking in 1871, a mini-boom of invasion stories appeared soon after the French developed the hot-air balloon. Poems and plays that centred on armies of balloons invading England could be found in France, and even America.
The 19th century was an era of rapidly accelerating scientific discovery and invention, with significant developments in the fields of mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, electricity, and metallurgy that laid the groundwork for the technological advances of the 20th century. [4]
Marie-Joseph "Eugène" Sue (French pronunciation: [øʒɛn sy]; 26 January 1804 – 3 August 1857) was a French novelist.He was one of several authors who popularized the genre of the serial novel in France with his very popular and widely imitated The Mysteries of Paris, which was published in a newspaper from 1842 to 1843.
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Ambroise Louis Garneray (19 February 1783 – 11 September 1857) was a French corsair, painter and writer.He served under Robert Surcouf and Jean-Marie Dutertre, and was held as prisoner-of-war aboard Royal Navy prison hulks for eight years before being captured before being repatriated at the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars, continuing his career as a painter until his death in 1857.
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