Peter conducted negotiations with the Dutch and British governments for alliances against Turkey, but the Maritime Powers did not wish to involve themselves with him because they were preoccupied with the problems that were soon to come to a crisis, for them, in the War of the Spanish Succession...
Bay of Pigs invasion, abortive invasion of Cuba at the Bahia de Cochinos (Bay of Pigs), or Playa Giron (Giron Beach) to Cubans, on April 17, 1961, by some 1,500 Cuban exiles opposed to Fidel Castro. The invasion was financed and directed by the U.S. gove
The North Africa campaigns were a series of World War II battles for control of the Suez Canal, a vital lifeline for Britain’s colonial empire, and the oil resources of the Middle East. Learn more about the history and significance of the North Africa c
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