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British Empire

Overseas possessions of England and later the United Kingdom (1607–1997)

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Jan 16, 2026
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What did War Plan Red actually recommend for invading Canada, and why was it never executed?

War Plan Red was a U.S. interwar contingency plan that mapped a comprehensive campaign to neutralize Canada as a potential British staging ground by seizing ports, rail hubs and industrial regions acr...

Jan 23, 2026
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is canada still a british colony?

is not a British colony in the legal or political sense: it is a fully self-governing, sovereign state that joined the modern Commonwealth as an independent state in 1931 and completed the final legal...

Jan 17, 2026
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How did U.S. War Plan Red compare, step‑by‑step, with Canada’s Defence Scheme No. 1?

Both plans were contingency warbooks drafted in the interwar era: Canada’s Defence Scheme No. 1 directed audacious pre‑emptive “flying column” strikes into the northern United States to buy time for I...

Jan 25, 2026

histroical conflicts between israelis and palestinians

The i–Palestinian conflict traces back to competing national movements — Zionism and Arab nationalism — that collided in late 19th and early 20th century as Jewish immigration increased under and then...

Jan 28, 2026

How have media fact-checkers evaluated Promethean Action’s climate and economic claims?

Media fact‑checking organizations have not produced comprehensive, line‑by‑line fact checks of ’s specific climate and economic claims, but credibility reviewers characterize the outlet as far‑right, ...

Jan 7, 2026

Freemason

Freemasonry is a centuries-old fraternal movement that grew out of medieval stonemasons' guilds and became a formalized, speculative fraternity in Britain in the early 18th century . It presents itsel...

Dec 15, 2025

Has the UK contributed to any damage in African countries or Asian cointries

Yes: UK actions have contributed to harm in African and Asian countries both historically (through colonial rule and its long-term legacies) and more recently via policy choices such as sharp aid cuts...

Nov 26, 2025

What was the significance of the British North America Act 1867 for Canada?

The British North America Act of 1867 (later renamed the Constitution Act, 1867) created the Dominion of Canada by uniting the Province of Canada (which became Ontario and Quebec), Nova Scotia and New...