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Battle of Britain - britishheritage.org
Battle of Britain - britishheritage.org
Battle of Britain - britishheritage.org
Battle of Britain - britishheritage.org
Battle of Britain - britishheritage.org
Battle of Britain - britishheritage.org
Battle of Britain - britishheritage.org
Battle of Britain - britishheritage.org
Battle of Britain - britishheritage.org
Battle of Britain - britishheritage.org

***TOO LONG***The Battle of Britain, also known as the Air Battle for England (German: die Luftschlacht um England), was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) of the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom (UK) against large-sca...

Battle of Trafalgar - britishheritage.org
Battle of Trafalgar - britishheritage.org
Battle of Trafalgar - britishheritage.org
Battle of Trafalgar - britishheritage.org
Battle of Trafalgar - britishheritage.org
Battle of Trafalgar - britishheritage.org
Battle of Trafalgar - britishheritage.org
Battle of Trafalgar - britishheritage.org
Battle of Trafalgar - britishheritage.org
Battle of Trafalgar - britishheritage.org

***TOO LONG***The Battle of Trafalgar (21 October 1805) was a naval engagement between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies during the War of the Third Coalition (August–December 1805) of the Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815).

Normandy landings - britishheritage.org
Normandy landings - britishheritage.org
Normandy landings - britishheritage.org
Normandy landings - britishheritage.org
Normandy landings - britishheritage.org
Normandy landings - britishheritage.org
Normandy landings - britishheritage.org
Normandy landings - britishheritage.org
Normandy landings - britishheritage.org
Normandy landings - britishheritage.org

***TOO LONG***The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it was the largest seaborne invasion...

Battle of Waterloo - britishheritage.org
Battle of Waterloo - britishheritage.org
Battle of Waterloo - britishheritage.org
Battle of Waterloo - britishheritage.org
Battle of Waterloo - britishheritage.org
Battle of Waterloo - britishheritage.org
Battle of Waterloo - britishheritage.org
Battle of Waterloo - britishheritage.org
Battle of Waterloo - britishheritage.org
Battle of Waterloo - britishheritage.org

***TOO LONG***The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday, 18 June 1815, near Waterloo in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, now in Belgium. A French army under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by two of the armies of the Seventh Coalition, a British-led coalition consisting of ...

Battle of the Somme - britishheritage.org
Battle of the Somme - britishheritage.org
Battle of the Somme - britishheritage.org
Battle of the Somme - britishheritage.org
Battle of the Somme - britishheritage.org
Battle of the Somme - britishheritage.org
Battle of the Somme - britishheritage.org
Battle of the Somme - britishheritage.org
Battle of the Somme - britishheritage.org
Battle of the Somme - britishheritage.org

***TOO LONG***Associated articles

Battle of Passchendaele - britishheritage.org
Battle of Passchendaele - britishheritage.org
Battle of Passchendaele - britishheritage.org
Battle of Passchendaele - britishheritage.org
Battle of Passchendaele - britishheritage.org
Battle of Passchendaele - britishheritage.org
Battle of Passchendaele - britishheritage.org
Battle of Passchendaele - britishheritage.org
Battle of Passchendaele - britishheritage.org
Battle of Passchendaele - britishheritage.org

***TOO LONG***Battles of Ypres, 1917

Operation Overlord - britishheritage.org
Operation Overlord - britishheritage.org
Operation Overlord - britishheritage.org
Operation Overlord - britishheritage.org
Operation Overlord - britishheritage.org
Operation Overlord - britishheritage.org
Operation Overlord - britishheritage.org
Operation Overlord - britishheritage.org
Operation Overlord - britishheritage.org
Operation Overlord - britishheritage.org

***TOO LONG***Civilian deaths:

Siege of Yorktown - britishheritage.org
Siege of Yorktown - britishheritage.org
Siege of Yorktown - britishheritage.org
Siege of Yorktown - britishheritage.org
Siege of Yorktown - britishheritage.org
Siege of Yorktown - britishheritage.org
Siege of Yorktown - britishheritage.org
Siege of Yorktown - britishheritage.org
Siege of Yorktown - britishheritage.org
Siege of Yorktown - britishheritage.org

***TOO LONG***Franco-American victory

Battle of the Plains of Abraham - britishheritage.org
Battle of the Plains of Abraham - britishheritage.org
Battle of the Plains of Abraham - britishheritage.org
Battle of the Plains of Abraham - britishheritage.org
Battle of the Plains of Abraham - britishheritage.org
Battle of the Plains of Abraham - britishheritage.org
Battle of the Plains of Abraham - britishheritage.org
Battle of the Plains of Abraham - britishheritage.org
Battle of the Plains of Abraham - britishheritage.org
Battle of the Plains of Abraham - britishheritage.org

The Pivotal Battle of the Plains of Abraham.

Battle of Agincourt - britishheritage.org
Battle of Agincourt - britishheritage.org
Battle of Agincourt - britishheritage.org
Battle of Agincourt - britishheritage.org
Battle of Agincourt - britishheritage.org
Battle of Agincourt - britishheritage.org
Battle of Agincourt - britishheritage.org
Battle of Agincourt - britishheritage.org
Battle of Agincourt - britishheritage.org
Battle of Agincourt - britishheritage.org

***TOO LONG***The Battle of Agincourt (/ˈædʒɪnkɔːr(t)/ AJ-in-kor(t);[a]French: Azincourt [azɛ̃kuʁ]) was an English victory in the Hundred Years' War. It took place on 25 October 1415 (Saint Crispin's Day) near Azincourt, in northern France.[b] The unexpected English victory against the numerical...

Battle of Salamanca - britishheritage.org
Battle of Salamanca - britishheritage.org
Battle of Salamanca - britishheritage.org
Battle of Salamanca - britishheritage.org
Battle of Salamanca - britishheritage.org
Battle of Salamanca - britishheritage.org

Contribution of the Battle of Salamanca to British Heritage.

Battle of the Atlantic - britishheritage.org
Battle of the Atlantic - britishheritage.org
Battle of the Atlantic - britishheritage.org
Battle of the Atlantic - britishheritage.org
Battle of the Atlantic - britishheritage.org
Battle of the Atlantic - britishheritage.org
Battle of the Atlantic - britishheritage.org
Battle of the Atlantic - britishheritage.org
Battle of the Atlantic - britishheritage.org
Battle of the Atlantic - britishheritage.org

***TOO LONG*** 1939

Battle of Imphal - britishheritage.org
Battle of Imphal - britishheritage.org
Battle of Imphal - britishheritage.org
Battle of Imphal - britishheritage.org
Battle of Imphal - britishheritage.org
Battle of Imphal - britishheritage.org
Battle of Imphal - britishheritage.org
Battle of Imphal - britishheritage.org
Battle of Imphal - britishheritage.org
Battle of Imphal - britishheritage.org

Contribution of the Battle of Imphal to British Heritage.

Battle of Blenheim - britishheritage.org
Battle of Blenheim - britishheritage.org
Battle of Blenheim - britishheritage.org
Battle of Blenheim - britishheritage.org
Battle of Blenheim - britishheritage.org
Battle of Blenheim - britishheritage.org
Battle of Blenheim - britishheritage.org
Battle of Blenheim - britishheritage.org
Battle of Blenheim - britishheritage.org
Battle of Blenheim - britishheritage.org

***TOO LONG***The Battle of Blenheim (German: Zweite Schlacht bei Höchstädt; French: Bataille de Höchstädt; Dutch: Slag bij Blenheim) fought on 13 August [O.S. 2 August] 1704, was a major battle of the War of the Spanish Succession. The overwhelming Allied victory ensured the safety of Vienna fro...

Battle of Culloden - britishheritage.org
Battle of Culloden - britishheritage.org
Battle of Culloden - britishheritage.org
Battle of Culloden - britishheritage.org
Battle of Culloden - britishheritage.org
Battle of Culloden - britishheritage.org
Battle of Culloden - britishheritage.org
Battle of Culloden - britishheritage.org
Battle of Culloden - britishheritage.org
Battle of Culloden - britishheritage.org

***TOO LONG***Decisive Government victory

Battle of Plassey - britishheritage.org
Battle of Plassey - britishheritage.org
Battle of Plassey - britishheritage.org
Battle of Plassey - britishheritage.org
Battle of Plassey - britishheritage.org
Battle of Plassey - britishheritage.org
Battle of Plassey - britishheritage.org
Battle of Plassey - britishheritage.org
Battle of Plassey - britishheritage.org
Battle of Plassey - britishheritage.org

 ***TOO LONG***Great Britain

Battle of Balaclava - britishheritage.org
Battle of Balaclava - britishheritage.org
Battle of Balaclava - britishheritage.org
Battle of Balaclava - britishheritage.org
Battle of Balaclava - britishheritage.org
Battle of Balaclava - britishheritage.org
Battle of Balaclava - britishheritage.org
Battle of Balaclava - britishheritage.org
Battle of Balaclava - britishheritage.org
Battle of Balaclava - britishheritage.org

***TOO LONG***The Battle of Balaclava, fought on 25 October 1854 during the Crimean War, was part of the Siege of Sevastopol (1854–55), an Allied attempt to capture the port and fortress of Sevastopol, Russia's principal naval base on the Black Sea. The engagement followed the earlier Allied vict...

Battle of the Boyne - britishheritage.org
Battle of the Boyne - britishheritage.org
Battle of the Boyne - britishheritage.org
Battle of the Boyne - britishheritage.org
Battle of the Boyne - britishheritage.org
Battle of the Boyne - britishheritage.org
Battle of the Boyne - britishheritage.org
Battle of the Boyne - britishheritage.org
Battle of the Boyne - britishheritage.org
Battle of the Boyne - britishheritage.org

Contribution of the Battle of the Boyne to British Heritage.

Battle of Rorke's Drift - britishheritage.org
Battle of Rorke's Drift - britishheritage.org
Battle of Rorke's Drift - britishheritage.org
Battle of Rorke's Drift - britishheritage.org
Battle of Rorke's Drift - britishheritage.org
Battle of Rorke's Drift - britishheritage.org
Battle of Rorke's Drift - britishheritage.org
Battle of Rorke's Drift - britishheritage.org
Battle of Rorke's Drift - britishheritage.org
Battle of Rorke's Drift - britishheritage.org

Contribution of the Battle of Rorke's Drift to British Heritage.

Battle of Naseby - britishheritage.org
Battle of Naseby - britishheritage.org
Battle of Naseby - britishheritage.org
Battle of Naseby - britishheritage.org
Battle of Naseby - britishheritage.org
Battle of Naseby - britishheritage.org

The Turning Point in British History.

Battle of Hastings - britishheritage.org
Battle of Hastings - britishheritage.org
Battle of Hastings - britishheritage.org
Battle of Hastings - britishheritage.org
Battle of Hastings - britishheritage.org
Battle of Hastings - britishheritage.org
Battle of Hastings - britishheritage.org
Battle of Hastings - britishheritage.org
Battle of Hastings - britishheritage.org
Battle of Hastings - britishheritage.org

Contribution of the Battle of Hastings to British Heritage.

Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde - britishheritage.org
Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde - britishheritage.org
Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde - britishheritage.org
Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde - britishheritage.org
Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde - britishheritage.org
Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde - britishheritage.org

An Emblematic Figure of British Military Heritage.

Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope - britishheritage.org
Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope - britishheritage.org
Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope - britishheritage.org
Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope - britishheritage.org
Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope - britishheritage.org
Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope - britishheritage.org
Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope - britishheritage.org
Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope - britishheritage.org
Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope - britishheritage.org
Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope - britishheritage.org

Contribution of Admiral Andrew Cunningham to British Heritage.

Robert Clive - britishheritage.org
Robert Clive - britishheritage.org
Robert Clive - britishheritage.org
Robert Clive - britishheritage.org
Robert Clive - britishheritage.org
Robert Clive - britishheritage.org
Robert Clive - britishheritage.org
Robert Clive - britishheritage.org
Robert Clive - britishheritage.org
Robert Clive - britishheritage.org

***TOO LONG***Major-General Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, KB, FRS (29 September 1725 – 22 November 1774), also known as Clive of India, was the first British Governor of the Bengal Presidency. He is credited along with Warren Hastings for laying the foundation of British rule in India. He began ...

James Wolfe - britishheritage.org
James Wolfe - britishheritage.org
James Wolfe - britishheritage.org
James Wolfe - britishheritage.org
James Wolfe - britishheritage.org
James Wolfe - britishheritage.org
James Wolfe - britishheritage.org
James Wolfe - britishheritage.org
James Wolfe - britishheritage.org
James Wolfe - britishheritage.org

A Hero of British Heritage.

Hugh Dowding - britishheritage.org
Hugh Dowding - britishheritage.org
Hugh Dowding - britishheritage.org
Hugh Dowding - britishheritage.org
Hugh Dowding - britishheritage.org
Hugh Dowding - britishheritage.org
Hugh Dowding - britishheritage.org

Contribution of Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding to British Heritage.

Sandy Woodward - britishheritage.org
Sandy Woodward - britishheritage.org
Sandy Woodward - britishheritage.org
Sandy Woodward - britishheritage.org
Sandy Woodward - britishheritage.org
Sandy Woodward - britishheritage.org

Contribution of Admiral Sir Sandy Woodward to British Heritage.

Richard I of England - britishheritage.org
Richard I of England - britishheritage.org
Richard I of England - britishheritage.org
Richard I of England - britishheritage.org
Richard I of England - britishheritage.org
Richard I of England - britishheritage.org
Richard I of England - britishheritage.org
Richard I of England - britishheritage.org
Richard I of England - britishheritage.org
Richard I of England - britishheritage.org

***TOO LONG*** Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199) was King of England from 1189 until his death in 1199. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Aquitaine and Gascony, Lord of Cyprus, and Count of Poitiers, Anjou, Maine, and Nantes, and was overlord of Brittany at various times during the sam...

Henry V of England - britishheritage.org
Henry V of England - britishheritage.org
Henry V of England - britishheritage.org
Henry V of England - britishheritage.org
Henry V of England - britishheritage.org
Henry V of England - britishheritage.org
Henry V of England - britishheritage.org
Henry V of England - britishheritage.org

A Warrior King and the Architect of England's Military Dominance - Contribution to British Heritage.

David Stirling - britishheritage.org
David Stirling - britishheritage.org

Contribution of David Stirling to British Heritage.

Frederick Browning - britishheritage.org
Frederick Browning - britishheritage.org
Frederick Browning - britishheritage.org
Frederick Browning - britishheritage.org
Frederick Browning - britishheritage.org
Frederick Browning - britishheritage.org
Frederick Browning - britishheritage.org
Frederick Browning - britishheritage.org
Frederick Browning - britishheritage.org

The Father of British Airborne Forces.

The BritishHeritage.org seeks to recognize individuals who have attained excellence and international renown in their chosen professional fields, and whose actions, in addition to their achievements, embody the character of the British people through commitment to British values, the British community and/or to Great Britain. Beyond demonstrated qualities of achievement and commitment, the BritishHeritage.org serves to recognize the British Heritage contribution to the betterment of mankind.

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