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During the early centuries of the | HISTORY OF KOREA

Three Kingdoms

During the early centuries of the Christian era there is continual warfare between the three kingdoms, until Silla unites the peninsula by defeating the other two (Paekche in AD 660, Koguryo in 668).

Meanwhile B...

Korea first suffers from Japanese expansionism | HISTORY OF KOREA

Korea and Japan

Korea first suffers from Japanese expansionism during the reign of one of the most successful shoguns, Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Attempting to attack China through Korea, the Japanese invade the peninsula in 1592 and remain th...

From mid-March the trap begins to | THE SECOND WORLD WAR

Tunis

From mid-March the trap begins to close. American and French forces move east across the border from Algeria. British and Commonwealth troops make their way north up the peninsula towards Tunis. Finally, on 7 May 1943, B...

The partition of Italy settled upon | HISTORY OF VENICE

Italian realignment

The partition of Italy settled upon in the mid-16th century remains the basic pattern for more than 200 years, though the regions of Milan, Naples and Sicily continue to be pawns in Europe's conflicts. The War of the Spa...

The partition of Italy settled upon | HISTORY OF ITALY

Italian realignment

The partition of Italy settled upon in the mid-16th century remains the basic pattern for more than 200 years, though the regions of Milan, Naples and Sicily continue to be pawns in Europe's conflicts. The War of the Spa...

The partition of Italy settled upon | HISTORY OF THE PAPACY

Italian realignment

The partition of Italy settled upon in the mid-16th century remains the basic pattern for more than 200 years, though the regions of Milan, Naples and Sicily continue to be pawns in Europe's conflicts. The War of the Spa...

Yet these disasters have the paradoxical | HISTORY OF GERMANY

Ominous signs

Yet these disasters have the paradoxical effect of bringing Hitler even greater swathes of western Europe. The French action in north Africa enables him to sweep aside the armistice. His occupation of Vichy France brings...

When Christian III dies, in 1559, | HISTORY OF NORWAY

Lutheran Denmark, Norway and Iceland

When Christian III dies, in 1559, Denmark is stable, prosperous and well placed to play a commanding role in the affairs of the Baltic - to which it literally holds the key. The entire southern and western coast of the S...

When Christian III dies, in 1559, | HISTORY OF DENMARK

Lutheran Denmark, Norway and Iceland

When Christian III dies, in 1559, Denmark is stable, prosperous and well placed to play a commanding role in the affairs of the Baltic - to which it literally holds the key. The entire southern and western coast of the S...