The issue was acute because the exiled Polish Government in London, supported in the main by Britain, was still competing with the new Lublin Government formed behind the Red Army.

Similar types, based on 3-ton lorries, were produced in Britain, Canada and Australia, and together formed the most numerous self-propelled AA guns in British service.

It was also the first full coalition in Britain since 1945, having been formed 70 years virtually to the day after the establishment of Winston Churchill's wartime coalition, although there had been the " Lib-Lab pact ", an agreement stopping short of a full coalition between the Labour and Liberal parties, from March 1977 until July 1978, when a series of by-election defeats had eroded Labour's majority of three seats which had been gained at the October 1974 election.

* In 1923, the Berean Fellowship was formed, as a result of varying views on military service in Britain, and on the atonement in North America.

For example, in the UK the Great Britain Diving Federation was formed in 1992 with the intention of taking over the governance of Diving from the ASA ( Amateur Swimming Association ).

Also, the Druze formed an alliance with Britain and allowed Protestant missionaries to enter Mount Lebanon, creating tension between them and the Catholic Maronites, who were supported by the French.

* 1707: The Kingdom of Great Britain is formed by the union of England and Scotland.

A small group ( with about 200 activists ), dedicated to Jewish resistance to the British administration in Palestine, broke away from the Etzel ( which advocated support for Britain during the war ) and formed the " Lehi " ( Stern Gang ), led by Avraham Stern.

By the end of 1946, the Communist Democratic Army of Greece had been formed, pitted against the governmental National Army, which was backed first by Britain and after 1947 by the United States.

The short-lived utopia-like Lowell System was formed, as a direct response to the poor working conditions in Britain.

In particular, with hostilities against Britain appearing increasingly likely, factions in favor and against war with Britain formed in Congress.

Upon mobilisation, the special reserve units would be formed at the depot and continue training while guarding vulnerable points in Britain.

In 1894 four nurses in Great Britain formed the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.

The office of premier of Western Australia was first formed in 1890, after Western Australia was officially granted responsible government by Britain in 1889.

The Qatar Emiri Air Force was formed in 1974, three years after achieving independence from Great Britain in 1971.

In England the sport is catered for by the Tug of War Association ( formed in 1958 ), and the Tug of War Federation of Great Britain ( formed in 1984 ).

Britain also granted administration of the almost exclusively Somali-inhabited Northern Frontier District ( NFD ) to Kenyan nationalists despite an informal plebiscite demonstrating the overwhelming desire of the region's population to join the newly formed Somali Republic.

In 1839, the world's oldest international human rights organization, Anti-Slavery International, was formed in Britain by Joseph Sturge, which campaigned to outlaw slavery in other countries.

Other nations quickly realized the capability of the new arm and by the start of French Revolutionary Wars in 1790s Austria, Hannover, Portugal, Russia, France, Great Britain and Sweden had all formed regular units of horse artillery.

To avoid a possible court battle with Joseph Swan, whose British patent had been awarded a year before Edison's, he and Swan formed a joint company called Ediswan to manufacture and market the invention in Britain.

Following its victory in the war and peace treaty with Great Britain, in 1783 the United States formed a Congress of the Confederation ( informally called the Continental Congress ), to which Jefferson was appointed as a Virginia delegate.

Britain alone among the nations of Europe never submitted to or formed an alliance with France.

The latter, members of two regiments of Swiss mercenaries transported by Great Britain to Canada to fight the Americans in the War of 1812, had settled in Montreal and Kingston at the close of the war in 1815.

There are close links between critical psychologists and critical psychiatrists in Britain through the Asylum Collective.

Spain and Britain came close to war over ownership of the Nootka Sound on contemporary Vancouver Island, and of greater importance, the right to colonize and settle the Pacific Northwest coast.

Some English government officials felt that Louis Bonaparte was seeking foreign adventure in the spirit of his uncle — Napoleon I. Consequently, these officials felt that any close association with Louis Bonaparte would eventually lead Britain into another series of wars, like the wars with France and Napoleon dating from 1793 until 1815.

In 1824, Britain adopted a close approximation to the ale gallon known as the imperial gallon and abolished all other gallons in favour of it.

In the 1790s he fretted over an aging George Washington being too much influenced by close advisers such as Alexander Hamilton, who Monroe thought too close to Britain.

The Federalists strongly opposed the purchase, favoring close relations with Britain over closer ties to Napoleon, and were concerned that the United States had paid a large sum of money just to declare war on Spain.

These protectorates were individually brought to independence by Britain in the 1960s in line with the trend towards self-government and independence that swept the British Empire following the close of the Second World War, a trend that reached its peak in Africa in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

The League of Nations condemned Italy's aggression and imposed economic sanctions in November 1935, but the sanctions were largely ineffective since they did not ban the sale of oil or close the Suez Canal ( controlled by Britain ).

The same year when Britain and Spain became involved in the Falklands Crisis and came close to war, Pitt was a staunch advocate of taking a tough stance with Madrid and Paris ( as he had been during the earlier Corsican Crisis when France had invaded Corsica ) and made a number of speeches on the subject rousing public opinion.

Julius Caesar mentions in his Gallic Wars that those Celts who wanted to make a close study of druidism went to Britain to do so.

Pooley's also contains information on some continental European airports that are close to Great Britain.

Foreign policy involved support for Britain in the world wars, and close relations after 1940 with the United States and Australia.

* The United States, while still emerging from the American Revolution and wary of the economic and military might of Great Britain, came close to complete autarky in 1808 when President Jefferson declared a self-imposed embargo on international shipping.

During the British hegemony, America developed close ties with Britain, evolving into what has become known as a " special relationship " between the two.

A series of Merina monarchs ruled over the Kingdom of Madagascar throughout the 19th century and engaged in the process of modernization through close diplomatic ties to Britain that led to the establishment of European-style schools, government institutions and infrastructure.

Because of its former colonial rule, Britain maintained a close and special relationship with Uganda.

Haig favoured a British offensive in Flanders — it was close to BEF supply routes via the Channel ports and had a strategic goal of driving the Germans from the North Sea coast of Belgium, from which their U-boats were menacing Britain.

Relations with Britain were not close under Napoleon III.

During this war, Napoleon established a French alliance with Britain, which continued after the war's close.

The extent to which Roman Britain was romanised is debated, and if there are doubts about the areas under close Roman control, then there must be even more doubts over the degree to which the Damnonii were romanised.

The cathedral also has the largest cloister and the largest cathedral close in Britain ().

The station is one of 18 in Britain owned and operated by Network Rail, and is close to the South Bank of the River Thames, and in Travelcard Zone 1.