Britain

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Britain transported an estimated three million African people across the Atlantic before abolishing the practice in the early 1800s.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

It took 15,000 soldiers six years to build, is a Unesco World Heritage site and arguably the best-known Roman structure still visible in Britain.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

A month into their housing search in Hartford County, the couple finally found their dream home in a suburb, New Britain.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

In 2011, Antonov was arrested in Britain on the strength of a Lithuanian arrest warrant issued over the collapse of the Snoras Bank, but later released.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

On May 10, 1940, the Nazis entered France, and six weeks later, France surrendered, leaving Britain alone to fight the Germans.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti