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In the years leading to World | HISTORY OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR

Diplomatic drift towards war

In the years leading to World War I there are five major powers within Europe - Austria-Hungary, Germany, Russia, France and Britain. The cast list is unchanged since the early 18th century (except that Prussia is now Ge...

In the years leading to World | HISTORY OF GERMANY

Diplomatic drift towards war

In the years leading to World War I there are five major powers within Europe - Austria-Hungary, Germany, Russia, France and Britain. The cast list is unchanged since the early 18th century (except that Prussia is now Ge...

In 1745 militiamen from British north | HISTORY OF FRANCE

French and British at sea

In 1745 militiamen from British north America have seized from France the harbour of Louisbourg, at the entry to the Gulf of St Lawrence (of strategic importance in relation to French Canada). In India, in 1746, the Fren...

In 1745 militiamen from British north | THE WAR OF THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION

French and British at sea

In 1745 militiamen from British north America have seized from France the harbour of Louisbourg, at the entry to the Gulf of St Lawrence (of strategic importance in relation to French Canada). In India, in 1746, the Fren...

In 1745 militiamen from British north | HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN (from 1707)

French and British at sea

In 1745 militiamen from British north America have seized from France the harbour of Louisbourg, at the entry to the Gulf of St Lawrence (of strategic importance in relation to French Canada). In India, in 1746, the Fren...

In 1748, at the end of | HISTORY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

French and British empires

In 1748, at the end of the war of the Austrian Succession, the French and British empires are restored to the status quo. In the New World the fortress of Louisbourg reverts to the French; in India Madras is returned to...

In 1748, at the end of | HISTORY OF THE FRENCH EMPIRE

French and British empires

In 1748, at the end of the war of the Austrian Succession, the French and British empires are restored to the status quo. In the New World the fortress of Louisbourg reverts to the French; in India Madras is returned to...

Montcalm's greatest success is the defence | HISTORY OF THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR

Montcalm

Montcalm's greatest success is the defence of Fort Carillon in July 1758. In a strategically important position at Ticonderoga, between Lake George and Lake Champlain, he hold it against a much larger British force - wit...

Montcalm's greatest success is the defence | HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICA

Montcalm

Montcalm's greatest success is the defence of Fort Carillon in July 1758. In a strategically important position at Ticonderoga, between Lake George and Lake Champlain, he hold it against a much larger British force - wit...

Montcalm's greatest success is the defence | HISTORY OF FRENCH COLONIAL AMERICA

Montcalm

Montcalm's greatest success is the defence of Fort Carillon in July 1758. In a strategically important position at Ticonderoga, between Lake George and Lake Champlain, he hold it against a much larger British force - wit...

The twenty-seven years of the war | THE PELOPONNESIAN WARS

Second Peloponnesian War

The twenty-seven years of the war form a complex web of shifting alliances and fluctuating fortunes for the two main contestants, Sparta and Athens, with a high level of treachery and brutality as an accepted norm.
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In 1774 the king of France | HISTORY OF FRANCE

The ancien régime

In 1774 the king of France dies. Louis XV has been on the throne for nearly sixty years, since succeeding his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five in 1715. During most of that time the royal finances have been...