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Royal Navy

Maritime service branch of the British Armed Forces

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Jan 18, 2026
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Does Scotland have the only nuclear submarine port in the Atlantic

Scotland’s HMNB Clyde (Faslane) is the Royal Navy’s principal base for nuclear-powered and nuclear-armed submarines and hosts the facilities that support the UK’s Trident deterrent, including the near...

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 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...

Oct 4, 2025

What were the main causes of the War of 1812?

The War of 1812 resulted from a rather than a single cause: American protests against British maritime policies including impressment and trade restrictions, British backing of Indigenous resistance o...

Jan 18, 2026

What was the impact of the Holocaust (1941–1945) on Jewish refugee flows to Mandatory Palestine?

The Holocaust produced a large population of Jewish displaced persons intent on leaving Europe, and many sought Mandatory Palestine as their primary destination—resulting in a dramatic rise in both la...

Jan 20, 2026

Does the UK's nuclear arsenal controlled by America

The short answer is no: Britain’s nuclear arsenal is not formally “controlled by America,” but it is deeply interdependent with US technology, logistics and political arrangements that give Washington...

Jan 19, 2026

andrew house US navy

The query “andrew house US navy” is ambiguous and not directly answered by the available reporting: none of the provided sources identify a person, building, or formal Navy entity named “Andrew House....

Jan 17, 2026

What specific logistical challenges did War Plan Red identify for invading Canada by rail and sea?

War Plan Red singled out Canada’s transportation spine—its rail hubs, the Great Lakes, and key Atlantic and Pacific ports—as both objectives and logistical chokepoints, while acknowledging that sea co...

Dec 4, 2025

Was the missile launched from a ship, aircraft, submarine, or coastal battery?

Available reporting identifies multiple possible missile launch platforms—aircraft, land (silos or coastal/ground launchers), ships (surface warships), and submarines—but no single source in the suppl...