Normandy.. On D-Day, allied troops landed on the beaches named (from east to west): Sword, Juno, Gold, Omaha and Utah
France sent more soldiers than Britain while the women took over their jobs.
The Schlieffen Plan aimed for a quick victory for Germany by invading France through Belgium before turning to fight Russia. However, the Triple Entente, comprising France, Russia, and the United Kingdom, coordinated their responses effectively. Russia mobilized faster than anticipated, forcing Germany to divert troops to the Eastern Front, while British intervention in Belgium galvanized opposition and delayed the German advance into France. This ultimately contributed to the failure of the Schlieffen Plan and prolonged World War I.
While Germany was fighting in France and Belgium Russia mobilised quickly and sent her troops towards Germany.
The first part of World War II saw British expeditionary troops attempting to stop the invading German forces in France. The attempt failed, and the British forces were forced back to the sea at Dunkirk, from where they had to be evacuated by anything that floated, all the while under heavy assault from the Germans. The defeat was an humiliating and costly debacle for the British, and a huge propaganda victory for the Nazi invaders. After Dunkirk, it did appear for a while that there would be no stopping the spread of the nazi horror.
The assasination of the Austrian heir to the throne led to Austria invading Serbia and Russia declaring war on Austria. Then Germany helped Austria while Britain and France declared war on Germany.
The Union troops were advancing while the Rebel troops were retreating.
Saint Bobo was a knight for Provence, Franceand he fought against the invading Saracens. In France he was known as Beuvon and eventually became a hermit. St. Bobo eventually died in Pavia in Lombardy, Italy, while on a pilgrimage to Rome.
Many of the troops who supported North Korea were Chinese, while many of the troops who fought for South Korea were American.
Simply put, the Spaniards and the French didn't get along with the British. Supplying the colonial revolution was an easy way to weaken the British while not risking any troops.
While the United States and France were allies during WW2, it's important to note that France already controlled Vietnam and the surrounding area. Known as French-IndoChina, France already had troops, civil administrators, educators, and government officials in place; it made sense for the US to support it's ally.
While geographic distance from Spain, foreign aid from France and England, and the occasional desperate measure of opening their dikes to flood out invading armies all certainly played a role, the single most important factor was money.
While geographic distance from Spain, foreign aid from France and England, and the occasional desperate measure of opening their dikes to flood out invading armies all certainly played a role, the single most important factor was money.