Tag Archives: invasion
The Battle of Fishguard: overview of the last invasion of Britain in 1797
On 22nd February 1797 the last invasion of Britain by a hostile foreign force began when French troops under the command of the Irish-American Colonel William Tate landed near the Welsh town of Fishguard.
The Nazi invasion of Poland
On the 1st September 1939, German forces invaded Poland in a move that was to trigger the Second World War.
