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  1. 21 hours ago · The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) was a global conflict involving most of the European great powers, fought primarily in Europe and the Americas. One of the opposing alliances was led by Great Britain and Prussia. The other alliance was led by France, backed by Spain, Saxony, Sweden, and Russia. Related conflicts include the 1754 to 1763 ...

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    21 hours ago · Sheev Palpatine is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise. He first appeared in the 1980 film The Empire Strikes Back as The Emperor. He is also known by his Sith name, Darth Sidious, which was first used in the novelization of the 1999 film The Phantom Menace. Palpatine appears in all three film trilogies in the Skywalker Saga, and ...

  3. 21 hours ago · The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of European conflicts fought between the First French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte (1804–1815) and a fluctuating array of European coalitions, mainly comprising Napoleon's 17 major battles as Emperor of France. The wars originated in political forces arising from the French Revolution (1789 ...

  4. 21 hours ago · The Continuation War, [ f ] also known as the Second Soviet-Finnish War, was a conflict fought by Finland and Nazi Germany against the Soviet Union during World War II. On 22 June 1941, the Axis invaded the Soviet Union. Three days later, on 25 June the Soviet Union broke the Moscow Peace Treaty and conducted an air bombardment raid mainly on ...

  5. 21 hours ago · Thermopylae is one of the most famous battles in European ancient history, repeatedly referenced in ancient, recent, and contemporary culture. [citation needed] In Western culture at least, it is the Greeks who are lauded for their performance in battle. [134]

  6. 21 hours ago · Feast day. 13 May. Our Lady of Fátima (Portuguese: Nossa Senhora de Fátima, pronounced [ˈnɔsɐ sɨˈɲɔɾɐ ðɨ ˈfatimɐ]; formally known as Our Lady of the Holy Rosary of Fátima) is a Catholic title of Mary, mother of Jesus, based on the Marian apparitions reported in 1917 by three shepherd children at the Cova da Iria in Fátima ...

  7. 21 hours ago · The Soviet Air Force held the numerical advantage with a total of approximately 19,533 aircraft, which made it the largest air force in the world in the summer of 1941. [175] About 7,133–9,100 of these were deployed in the five western military districts, [ l ] [ 175 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] and an additional 1,445 were under naval control.