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18 hours ago · The Blitz was a German bombing campaign against the United Kingdom, from 7 September 1940 to 11 May 1941, [4] for a little more than 8 months during the Second World War.. The Germans conducted mass air attacks against industrial targets, towns, and cities, beginning with raids on London towards the end of the Battle of Britain in 1940 (a battle for daylight air superiority between the ...
18 hours ago · Islam is the second-largest religion in the United Kingdom, with results from the 2021 Census recording just under four million Muslims, or 6.0% of the total population in the United Kingdom. [7][8] London has the largest population and greatest proportion (15%) of Muslims in the country. [9][10][11] The vast majority of British Muslims in the ...
18 hours ago · Retrieved 28 November 2015. British Airways adds London LHR-Chania and Kalamata, Greece, to its summer scheduled beginning April 30, 2016, with a mixed fleet of Airbus A319 and A320 aircraft. ^ "New Routes 2020". mediacentre.britishairways.com. 26 February 2020. Archived from the original on 6 August 2019.
18 hours ago · Edward I[a] (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England from 1272 to 1307. Concurrently, he was Lord of Ireland, and from 1254 to 1306 ruled Gascony as Duke of Aquitaine in his capacity as a vassal of the French king. Before his accession to the throne, he was commonly ...
18 hours ago · Winston Churchill. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill[a] KG OM CH TD DL FRS RA (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, military officer, and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 (during the Second World War) and again from 1951 to 1955. Apart from 1922 to 1924, he was a member of ...
