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The Hanseatic League [a] was a medieval commercial and defensive network of merchant guilds and market towns in Central and Northern Europe. Growing from a few North German towns in the late 12th century, the League expanded between the 13th and 15th centuries and ultimately encompassed nearly 200 settlements across eight modern-day countries, ranging from Estonia in the north and east, to the ...
The five-day battle cost the Germans five U-boats (four sunk by Walker's group), while the British lost Audacity, a destroyer, and only two merchant ships. The battle was the first clear Allied convoy victory. [76] Through dogged effort, the Allies slowly gained the upper hand until the end of 1941.
After Operation Market Garden failed to establish a bridgehead across the Rhine, Allied forces launched offensives on three fronts in the south of the Netherlands. To secure shipping to the vital port of Antwerp they advanced northwards and westwards, the Canadian First Army taking the Scheldt Estuary in the Battle of the Scheldt. [204]
September 18, 2024 at 11:54 AM. Vice President Kamala Harris is leaning on diverse labor unions to help with her Sun Belt campaign efforts. President Joe Biden has often proclaimed that he is the ...
September 18, 2024 at 10:43 AM. Hezbollah has vowed to respond to an Israeli attack that killed multiple people and injured thousands across Lebanon on Tuesday when pagers belonging to members of ...
Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful liberation of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II. The operation was launched on 6 June 1944 (D-Day) with the Normandy landings (Operation Neptune). A 1,200-plane airborne assault preceded an amphibious assault ...
Rui Rio (2008), [ 75 ][ 76 ][ 2 ] former Mayor of Porto. Ferro Rodrigues, [ 81 ] former Minister of Labour and Social Solidarity and Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications. Jorge Sampaio, [ 81 ][ 79 ] former President of Portugal. Fernando Teixeira dos Santos (2010), [ 78 ] former Minister of Finance.