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- During World War II, Captain America, Bucky and the Human Torch halted Nazis's plan to tunnel under the English Channel in order to invade Great Britain.
- The English Channel is the seaway between Great Britain and France. It has existed for roughly eight thousand years since the last Ice Age. The physical separation of Britain from mainland Europe is a factor in making the British insular and culturally a bit distinct from the rest of Europe. It also prevented Nazi Germany invading during The second World War. The English Channel separates England from France but also connects the Atlantic Ocean with the North Sea. It's one of the busiest shipping lands in the World.
- The English Channel is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates England from northern France and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic. It is about 562 km (350 miles) long and varies in width from 240 km (150 miles) at its widest to only 34 km (21 miles) in the Strait of Dover. It is the smallest of the shallow seas around the continental shelf of Europe, covering an area of some 75,000 square kilometres (29,000 mi²).
- The English Channel or the Channel is the body of water which separates England from France, England to the northwest, France to the southeast. The Channel connects to the Celtic Sea to the west between 'The Lizard' of England and Ushant of France, and connects to the North Sea to the northeast between Dover, England and Calais, France. The Channel Fleet, consisting of the inshore and offshore squadrons, patrolled the Channel for French naval vessels attempting to escape from France during the Wars and for any attempt at invasion by Napoleon forces from France to England. Coordinates: 50°N 2°W
- In 1588, the Spanish Armada massed in the Channel before its failed attack on England. (AUDIO: The Devil's Armada) In 1875, Captain Matthew Webb became the first person to swim the English Channel. The Sixth Doctor claimed that he swam with Webb in the Channel. (AUDIO: Doctor Who and the Pirates) In October 1914, Germany bombarded Antwerp. Using her yacht, a British woman named Jessica Borthwick evacuated numerous Belgians across the English Channel while under German fire. (AUDIO: Brotherhood of the Daleks)
- The English Channel is a body of water between England and France on Earth. The Channel Tunnel ran underneath the English Channel. (ST novel: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 2) When he was a child, Jean-Luc Picard often dreamed he was a World War II fighter pilot who was forced to bail out of his Royal Air Force aircraft over the English Channel. (TNG novel: Requiem)
- The English Channel was a body of water that linked the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea together between southern England and northern France on Earth. During the Battle of Britain of World War II, the Jerries had to cross the English Channel to attack England. In a holoprogram enjoyed by Miles O'Brien and Julian Bashir, the two would try to prevent that crossing. (DS9: "Accession", "Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places") The holographic pilot Clive crashed his airplane into the Channel in a session of this program. (DS9: "Homefront")
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- During World War II, Captain America, Bucky and the Human Torch halted Nazis's plan to tunnel under the English Channel in order to invade Great Britain.
- The English Channel is the seaway between Great Britain and France. It has existed for roughly eight thousand years since the last Ice Age. The physical separation of Britain from mainland Europe is a factor in making the British insular and culturally a bit distinct from the rest of Europe. It also prevented Nazi Germany invading during The second World War. The English Channel separates England from France but also connects the Atlantic Ocean with the North Sea. It's one of the busiest shipping lands in the World.
- The English Channel was a body of water that linked the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea together between southern England and northern France on Earth. During the Battle of Britain of World War II, the Jerries had to cross the English Channel to attack England. In a holoprogram enjoyed by Miles O'Brien and Julian Bashir, the two would try to prevent that crossing. (DS9: "Accession", "Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places") The holographic pilot Clive crashed his airplane into the Channel in a session of this program. (DS9: "Homefront") In another program set in 1944 France, British radio reported low fog across the Channel on September 22nd; the entire weather report contained a secret message to French Resistance fighters in Sainte Claire. (VOY: "The Killing Game")
- The English Channel is a body of water between England and France on Earth. The Channel Tunnel ran underneath the English Channel. (ST novel: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 2) When he was a child, Jean-Luc Picard often dreamed he was a World War II fighter pilot who was forced to bail out of his Royal Air Force aircraft over the English Channel. (TNG novel: Requiem) Julian Bashir and Miles O'Brien's holoprogram of the Battle of Britain featured aerial combat over the English Channel between the RAF and the Germans. The character of Clive crashed his plane into the English Channel and was killed. (DS9 episodes: "Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places", "Homefront", "Accession")
- In 1588, the Spanish Armada massed in the Channel before its failed attack on England. (AUDIO: The Devil's Armada) In 1875, Captain Matthew Webb became the first person to swim the English Channel. The Sixth Doctor claimed that he swam with Webb in the Channel. (AUDIO: Doctor Who and the Pirates) In October 1914, Germany bombarded Antwerp. Using her yacht, a British woman named Jessica Borthwick evacuated numerous Belgians across the English Channel while under German fire. (AUDIO: Brotherhood of the Daleks) In 1941, Bernice Summerfield spent time stranded on Nazi-occupied Guernsey, an island in the Channel. (AUDIO: Just War, PROSE: Just War) Reg Arwell was believed to have died while flying over the English Channel on 20 December 1941. However, his wife Madge Arwell had saved him while flying through the Time Vortex with the Eleventh Doctor. (TV: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe) A German U-boat which was patrolling the English Channel in 1943 was sent forward in time to 1964, where it threatened to torpedo the Isle of Wight ferry. Sir Toby Kinsella of the Intrusion Countermeasures Group ordered Group Captain Ian Gilmore and his squad to investigate and render assistance to the personnel of the nearby Lanchester Naval Base. (AUDIO: State of Emergency) In the 1970s, a prison was established on Fortress Island, located in the Channel. (TV: The Sea Devils) When John Harrison purchased a group of Skullion slaves who had crash landed in Central Asia, they were brought across Europe and then across the Channel to him. (TV: The Man Who Never Was) The Fourth Doctor once referred to it as "a glorified shipping lane." (AUDIO: The Devil's Armada)
- The English Channel is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates England from northern France and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic. It is about 562 km (350 miles) long and varies in width from 240 km (150 miles) at its widest to only 34 km (21 miles) in the Strait of Dover. It is the smallest of the shallow seas around the continental shelf of Europe, covering an area of some 75,000 square kilometres (29,000 mi²).
- The English Channel or the Channel is the body of water which separates England from France, England to the northwest, France to the southeast. The Channel connects to the Celtic Sea to the west between 'The Lizard' of England and Ushant of France, and connects to the North Sea to the northeast between Dover, England and Calais, France. The Channel Fleet, consisting of the inshore and offshore squadrons, patrolled the Channel for French naval vessels attempting to escape from France during the Wars and for any attempt at invasion by Napoleon forces from France to England. Coordinates: 50°N 2°W
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