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From Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium

Parent topics

• United Kingdom [r]: Constitutional monarchy (population c. 60.9 million; capital London) and island nation in north-west Europe, between the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea; formally known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which includes England, Scotland, Wales (on the island of Great Britain) and Northern Ireland. [e]
• Britain [r]: The largest part of the United Kingdom, comprising England, Scotland, Wales and islands immediately off their coasts. [e]

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• Roman Britain [r]: Add brief definition or description
• British Empire [r]: The worldwide domain controlled by Britain from its origins about 1600 until independence was granted to the dominions in the 1920s, India in 1947, and the other colonies about 1960. [e]
• English Civil War [r]: Add brief definition or description
• World War II [r]: War between the Allies (most notably the UK, US and Soviet Union) and the Axis (principally Germany and Japan) 1939–1945. [e]

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