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1 day ago · During World War II, Denmark was occupied by Nazi Germany, but was eventually liberated by British forces of the Allies in 1945, after which it joined the United Nations. In the aftermath of World War II, and with the emergence of the subsequent Cold War, Denmark was quick to join the military alliance of NATO as a founding member in 1949.
- Dane(s); Danish
- Part of the North Sea Empire (1013–1035), Independent state until 1397
1 day ago · Along with Norway and Sweden, Denmark is a part of the northern European region known as Scandinavia. The country’s capital, Copenhagen (København), is located primarily on Zealand; the second largest city, Århus, is the major urban center of Jutland. Denmark. Though small in territory and population, Denmark has nonetheless played a ...
5 days ago · Christian I was the king of Denmark (1448–81), Norway (1450–81), and Sweden (1457–64, 1465–67), and founder of the Oldenburg dynasty, which ruled Denmark until 1863. He tried to gain control over Sweden and maintain a union of the Scandinavian nations but was defeated by rebellious Swedish nobles
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1 day ago · Denmark remained neutral during World War I; Danish neutrality was violated in World War II by a rapid German invasion in April 1940. During occupation, a resistance movement emerged in 1943, while Iceland declared independence in 1944; Denmark was liberated after the end of the war in May 1945.
- Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
1 day ago · King Frederik and Queen Mary's romance has long been described as a kind of modern day fairy tale. The monarch met the-then Mary Donaldson at a pub in Sydney during the 2000 Olympic Games. Mary was a city-based advertising executive and Frederik was the future King of Denmark, there to support the Danish sailing team.
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4 days ago · The sack of Wenden was a huge symbolic victory for Ivan.Among his opponents in the Livonian War,John III of Sweden only controlled Reval (Tallinn), Stephen Báthory of Poland-Lithuania only held Riga,Frederick II of Denmark was limited to the island of Øsel (Ösel, Saaremaa), Magnus of Livonia, though released by Ivan, abdicated in 1578 and ...
2 days ago · Visscher (II), 1611 CE. The Dutch War for Independence from Spain is frequently called the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648). The first fifty years (1568 through 1618) were a war solely between Catholic Spain and the Protestant rebels of the Netherlands. It was a military conflict with integral religious elements.
