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    The British Invasion was a cultural phenomenon of the mid-1960s, when rock and pop music acts from the United Kingdom and other aspects of British culture...
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    The Second British Invasion was a sharp increase in the popularity of British synth-pop and New Pop artists in the United States. It began in the summer...
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  • "The British Invasion" is the twelfth episode and finale of the second season, and twenty-fourth overall episode, of the American television drama series...
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    The British invasions of the River Plate were two unsuccessful British attempts to seize control of the Spanish colony of the Viceroyalty of the Río de...
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    hostile to British oil interests.[page needed][page needed] Following Operation Barbarossa, the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, Britain and the...
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    Invasions of the British Isles have occurred several times throughout their history. The British Isles have been subject to several waves of invasion...
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  • and other aspects of British culture became popular in the United States. British Invasion may also refer to: Second British Invasion, a similar influx into...
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    british-invasions.htm Commentarii de Bello Gallico 4.25 "In the Footsteps of Caesar: The archaeology of the first Roman invasions of Britain". University...
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    The Italian invasion of British Somaliland (3–19 August 1940) was part of the East African campaign (1940–1941) in which Italian, Eritrean and Somali...
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  • following is a list of bands and artists that were involved with the British Invasion music phenomenon that occurred between 1964 and 1971 in the United...
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  • century Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain The eighth to eleventh century invasions of the British isles by the Vikings. Invasion and partial conquest by the...
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  • British soul, Brit soul, or (in a US context) the British soul invasion, is soul music performed by British artists. Soul has been a major influence on...
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    Germany's code name for their planned invasion of the United Kingdom. It was to have taken place during the Battle of Britain, nine months after the start of...
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    northern Britain (Caledonia) in the following centuries were not successful. Following Julius Caesar's invasions of Britain in 54 BC, some southern British chiefdoms...
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    particularly in Germany. Steel Panther released their first Live DVD British Invasion in September 2012. The DVD was released worldwide on October 22, 2012...
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    The British invasion of Iceland (codenamed Operation Fork) by the United Kingdom's Royal Navy and Royal Marines occurred on 10 May 1940, during World War...
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    an invasion force was sent to the Vichy-held island of Mayotte to take control of its valuable radio station and to use it as a base for British operations...
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    until September 1904. The expedition was effectively a temporary invasion by British Indian Armed Forces under the auspices of the Tibet Frontier Commission...
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  • The British Invasion of American comic books is a term used to describe the influx in the late 1980s of British comic creators, especially writers. The...
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  • following is a list of groups and artists associated with the Second British Invasion music phenomenon, that occurred during the early and mid-1980s and...
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    Bladensburg on August 24, 1814, a British army led by Major-General Robert Ross marched on Washington, D.C. That evening, British soldiers and sailors set fire...
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    gladiator character and formed a villainous group called The British Invasion with fellow British wrestlers Doug Williams and Rob Terry. In their debut match...
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    The British Invasion was a professional wrestling alliance stable and later tag team consisting of Nick Aldis, Doug Williams and Rob Terry. They are best...
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    in Britain to end British involvement in the war. The invasion was one of several failed French attempts during the 18th century to invade Britain. The...
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    British rock describes a wide variety of forms of music made in the United Kingdom. Since around 1964, with the "British Invasion" of the United States...
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    Championship and the IWGP Tag Team Championship once each as part of The British Invasion. He also worked as a trainer for TNA's developmental territory Ohio...
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    Kingdom. The "British Invasion"—spearheaded by Liverpool band the Beatles, often regarded as the most influential band of all time—saw British rock bands...
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    New Romantic (category 1980s in British music)
    success in the UK, and then, via MTV, play a major part in the Second British Invasion of the US charts. By the beginning of 1982, the original movement had...
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    recent landing on British soil by a hostile foreign force, and thus is often referred to as the "last invasion of mainland Britain". The French general...
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  • Britain and Europe, a distinct, eclectic British folk rock style was created by Pentangle, Fairport Convention and Alan Stivell. Inspired by British psychedelic...
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