United Kingdom

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Prime Minister Winston Churchill fires an American .30 carbine, 1944.

The United Kingdom is a country in northwest Europe, formed by the union in 1801 of Great Britain and Ireland. It includes England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and has dependencies including the Channel Isles and the Isle of Man.

Since World War II, it has been allied with the United States.

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