In 54 BC, Caesar led the Roman legions to invade Britain twice, both of which were repelled by the British. In 43 AD, the Roman emperor Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus led an army to invade Britain. After conquering Britain, it became a province of the Roman Empire. By 409, all Roman troops were forced to leave Britain, and Roman rule over Britain ended.
Since the end of the 8th century, Scandinavians, mainly Danes, have invaded Britain many times. In 879, King Alfred signed a treaty with the Danes, which placed the northeast of England under the jurisdiction of Denmark and called it the "Danish area". /kloc-At the beginning of the 0 th century, the successors of King Alfred gradually recovered Denmark. 165438+ At the beginning of the 20th century, the Danes made a comeback. During the Danish occupation, the process of feudalism in Britain was accelerated.
1337-1453, the war between Britain and France for territorial expansion and for the throne was the longest war in the world, which lasted intermittently for 1 16 years. It was also the time when the Black Death prevailed. Under the double blow of war and epidemic, the economies of Britain and France suffered heavy losses and the people lived in poverty. England lost almost all French territory, but it also made nationalism rise in England.
1939 September, Germany attacked Poland, World War II broke out, and Britain declared war on Germany. 1940 in April, Churchill formed wartime coalition cabinet. After Churchill came to power, he immediately organized Dunkirk to retreat, brought the national economy into wartime orbit, and rapidly expanded its armaments. 1In June 1944, British and American troops landed in Normandy, France.1On May 8, 1945, Germany surrendered.
2014 September 18, 4 million permanent residents of Scotland held a referendum to decide whether Scotland would become an independent sovereign country. The referendum has been settled, Scotland has stayed in Britain, and the unity and integrity of Britain have been maintained.
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, referred to as "the United Kingdom". The British Isles, which originated in the northwest of continental Europe, are surrounded by the North Sea, the English Channel, the celtic sea, the Irish Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.
As an important trading entity, economic power and financial center, Britain is the fifth largest economic system in the world and one of the richest, most developed and highest living standards countries in the world.
In the past three decades, the government has drastically reduced state-owned assets and slowed down the development of social welfare projects. /kloc-In the 0/8th century, British native wheat began to be exported to cheap wheat in North America, giving up planting a lot of wheat and importing a lot of grains from the United States, and gradually turned to dairy farming. Dairy farming was relatively concentrated, with a high degree of mechanization and very high benefits: 65,438+0% of the working population could meet about 60% of the food demand.
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