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The Franco-British Union was a proposed union in the 20th century to unite the United Kingdom and the Republic of France during the second World War. This hypothetical union would have united their militaries, government, and the foreign policy of both nations.
The Channel Tunnel (French: Le tunnel sous la Manche; also referred to as the Chunnel) [188] [189] is a 50.5-kilometre (31.4 mi) undersea rail tunnel (linking Folkestone, Kent, in the United Kingdom with Coquelles, Pas-de-Calais, near the city of Calais in northern France) beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover.
A Finnish machine gun crew during the Winter War. During the early stages of World War II, the United Kingdom and France made a series of proposals to send troops to assist Finland against the Soviet Union during the Winter War, which started on 30 November 1939.
The Anglo-French Wars (1109–1815) were a series of conflicts between the territories of the Kingdom of England (and its successor state, the United Kingdom) and the Kingdom of France (succeeded by a republic). Their conflicts spanned throughout the Middle Ages to the modern age.
However, France broke with the United Kingdom after the destruction of the French Fleet at Mers-el-Kebir. Canada maintained diplomatic relations until the occupation of Southern France by Germany and Italy in November 1942. [1]
The victorious wartime Allied powers (principally the United Kingdom, Soviet Union, United States, and France) negotiated the details of peace treaties with those former Axis allies, namely Italy, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Finland, which had switched sides and declared war on Germany during the war.
United Kingdom: See France–United Kingdom relations. France has an embassy in London and a consulate-general in Edinburgh. [252] United Kingdom has an embassy in Paris and consulates in Bordeaux and Marseille and a trade office in Lyon. [253] France and Scotland were military allies in the late Middle Ages through the Auld Alliance.
Diplomatic history of World War II; Entente (disambiguation) Entente frugale; Foreign relations of France; Franco-British Council; Franco-British Union; French entry into World War I; History of the foreign relations of the United Kingdom; International relations of the Great Powers (1814–1919)