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3 days ago · Allies of World War I. The Entente, or the Allies, were an international military coalition of countries led by France, the United Kingdom, Russia, the United States, Italy, and Japan against the Central Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria in World War I (1914–1918). By the end of the first decade of the 20th ...
1 day ago · The United Kingdom comprises the whole of the island of Great Britain —which contains England, Wales, and Scotland —as well as the northern portion of the island of Ireland. The name Britain is sometimes used to refer to the United Kingdom as a whole. The capital is London, which is among the world’s leading commercial, financial, and ...
1 day ago · The Irish War of Independence (Irish: Cogadh na Saoirse) or Anglo-Irish War was a guerrilla war fought in Ireland from 1919 to 1921 between the Irish Republican Army (IRA, the army of the Irish Republic) and British forces: the British Army, along with the quasi-military Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) and its paramilitary forces the Auxiliaries and Ulster Special Constabulary (USC).
- 21 January 1919 – 11 July 1921, (2 years, 5 months, 2 weeks and 6 days)
2 days ago · Widely recognized state. The following are colonies, concessions, territories, dependencies and protectorates of the United Kingdom: Aden (Protectorate) Afghanistan (Protectorate under Treaty of Gandamak to August 8, 1919) Amoy (Concession) Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (Condominium of the United Kingdom and the Khedivate/Sultanate of Egypt)
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2 days ago · The original IRA was formed in 1913 as the Irish Volunteers, at a time when all of Ireland was part of the United Kingdom. The Volunteers took part in the Easter Rising against British rule in 1916, and the War of Independence that followed the Declaration of Independence by the revolutionary parliament Dáil Éireann in 1919, during which they ...
- 10,000 est. throughout the Troubles
- IRA Army Council
15 hours ago · The history of the United Kingdom began in the early eighteenth century with the Treaty of Union and Acts of Union. The core of the United Kingdom as a unified state came into being in 1707 with the political union of the kingdoms of England and Scotland, [1] into a new unitary state called Great Britain. [a] Of this new state of Great Britain ...
4 days ago · Agriculture in the United Kingdom. A combine harvester in Scotland. Agriculture in the United Kingdom uses 69% of the country's land area, employs 1% of its workforce (471,000 people) [1] [2] and contributes 0.5% of its gross value added ( £ 11.2 billion). [3] The UK currently produces about 54% of its domestic food consumption.
