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The Channel Ports are seaports in southern England and northern France, which allow for short crossings of the English Channel. There is no formal definition, but there is a general understanding of the term. Some ferry companies divide their routes into "short" and "long" crossings. The broadest definition might be from Plymouth east to Kent ...
An American woman falls in love with both a German and French soldier A, D 1918 US Hearts of the World: D. W. Griffith: A young French couple are torn apart during the war A, D 1918 US My Four Years in Germany: William Nigh: A biopic of James W. Gerard, the U.S. Ambassador to Germany D 1918 US Shoulder Arms: Charlie Chaplin: Doughboy on the ...
Clearing the Channel Coast was a World War II task undertaken by the First Canadian Army in August 1944, following the Allied Operation Overlord and the victory, break-out and pursuit from Normandy. The Canadian army advanced from Normandy to the Scheldt river in Belgium. En route, they were to capture the Channel ports needed to supply the ...
Saint-Malo (UK: / s æ̃ ˈ m ɑː l oʊ /, [3] US: / ˌ s æ̃ m ə ˈ l oʊ /, [4] [5] French: [sɛ̃ malo] ⓘ; Gallo: Saent-Malô; Breton: Sant-Maloù) is a historic French port in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany. The walled city on the English Channel coast had a long history of piracy, earning much wealth from local extortion and overseas ...
2 March. (2014-03-02) –. 16 March 2014. (2014-03-16) Apocalypse: World War I (in French: Apocalypse, la Première Guerre mondiale) is a TV series made up of 5 French documentaries created by Isabelle Clarke and Daniel Costelle, and narrated by Mathieu Kassovitz. Originally broadcast in 2014, it chronologically traces the history of World War ...
The naval operations in the Dardanelles campaign (17 February 1915 – 9 January 1916) took place against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War.Ships of the Royal Navy, French Marine nationale, Imperial Russian Navy (Российский императорский флот) and the Royal Australian Navy, attempted to force a passage through the Dardanelles Straits, a narrow, 41-mile ...
A. Ace of Aces (1982 film) Adama (film) Apocalypse: Never-Ending War 1918–1926.
SS Sussex was a cross- Channel passenger ferry, built in 1896 for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LBSCR). After the LBSCR came to a co-operation agreement with the Compagnie des Chemins de Fer de l'État Français, she transferred to their fleet under a French flag. Sussex became the focus of an international incident when she was ...