World War II in the Basque Country (a region in northern Spain and southwestern France) refers to the period extending from 1940 to 1945. It affected...
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every country in the world participated in World War II. Most were neutral at the beginning, but only a relative few nations remained neutral to the end...
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The French Basque Country, or Northern Basque Country (Basque: Iparralde, lit. 'the Northern Region'; French: Pays basque; Spanish: País Vasco francés)...
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The Basque Country national football team (Basque: Euskal selekzioa) represents the Basque Country in football. It selects players from the Basque Country...
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entered World War II on 22 August 1942 following its declaration of war against the Axis powers of Germany and Italy. On 8 February 1943, the country formally...
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concentrated in Spain and France, especially in the Basque Country. The sport is also played in Latin American countries such as Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, and...
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participation in World War II had its first antecedent in the diplomatic efforts made by the government before the League of Nations as a result of the Second...
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The Basques (Basque: Euskaldunak) are an indigenous ethno-linguistic group mainly inhabiting the Basque Country (adjacent areas of Spain and France)....
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During World War II, the Spanish State under Francisco Franco espoused neutrality as its official wartime policy. This neutrality wavered at times, and...
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became militarily involved in World War II in January 1944, with the election of William Tubman, at which time it declared war on Germany and Japan. Before...
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operates in all the territories comprising the Basque Country: the Basque Autonomous Community and Navarre in Spain, and in the French Basque Country. It also...
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regions in two states (the Basque Autonomous Community and Navarre in Spain, and the French Basque Country in France), is "irredentist in nature" as it favours...
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of World War II films (1950–1989) contains fictional feature films or miniseries released since 1950 which feature events of World War II in the narrative...
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ratified by Basque moderate liberals and disaffected Carlists across all the main cities and countryside. The war in the Basque Country ended with the Convenio...
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colony at the outbreak of the Second World War, having been under French administration since 1885. It played an important role in the war due to the presence...
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the Second World War (1939–1945), the Gambia was part of the British Empire as the Gambia Colony and Protectorate. At the outbreak of war between the...
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traditionally known as the Basque Country (Basque: Euskal Herria)—a region that is located around the western end of the Pyrenees on the coast of the Bay of Biscay...
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The American Theater was a theater of operations during World War II including all continental American territory, and extending 200 miles (320 km) into...
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When the United Kingdom declared war on Nazi Germany in September 1939 at the start of World War II, it controlled to varying degrees numerous crown colonies...
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partial Basque descent. Referring to the historical ties that existed between the Basque Country and the United States, some authors stress the admiration...
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the Second World War. The List of ships of the Second World War contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list...
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The origin of the Basques and the Basque language is a controversial topic that has given rise to numerous hypotheses. Modern Basque, a descendant or close...
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Beret (redirect from Basque beret)
festivities. The people of Aragon and the Basque country adopted red berets while the black beret became the common headgear of workers in both Spain and...
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dropped to four-to-one. The Republican faction hardly received external support from the Allied powers of World War II, due to the International Non-Intervention...
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industrial expansion in the Basque Country played a major role the emergence of Basque nationalism. In December 1874, in the midst of the war, Major Martinez...
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Code talker (redirect from The Navajo Code Talkers)
vascos y la II Guerra Mundial – La guerra aérea de los Aldecoa" [The Basques and World War II – The Aldecoa air war]. euskonews.eus (in Basque). Archived...
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Hendaye (redirect from Hendaia (Basque Country))
; Basque: Hendaia, Spanish: Hendaya) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department and Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern France. The town...
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Bilbao (redirect from Bilbao, Basque Country)
city in northern Spain, the largest city in the province of Biscay and in the Basque Country as a whole. It is also the largest city proper in northern...
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Biarritz (category Articles containing Basque-language text)
Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the French Basque Country in southwestern France. It is located 35 kilometres (22 mi) from the border with Spain. It is a...
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Guernica (Picasso) (redirect from Spanish Civil War atrocity painting)
painted Guernica at his home in Paris in response to the 26 April 1937 bombing of Guernica, a town in the Basque Country in northern Spain, by Nazi Germany...
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