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In the post-war era, there were unsuccessful proposals for a more federal arrangements for the colonies of imperial nations, such as the proposals with Malta in 1964 and the Portuguese colonies in 1974-5. Have any major empires in the past existed with their colonies in a relationship of this kind?
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Did any of the countries that fell to Nazi Germany prior to the Battle of France set up their government-in-exile anywhere outside of London? If Britain was defeated in the Battle of Britain, was there any contingency plans in place for where Allied governments-in-exiles would be based?
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One of my great-grandfathers migrated with his family from Northern Ireland to Lanarkshire in the 1910s. What kind of percentage of the Irish diaspora were from Ulster and further, how many Irish emigrants moved from Ireland at this later stage?
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How developed was the British General Post Office and associated mail services throughout the Empire at its height? What were delivery times like with the best technology? Was the penny post applied similarly in the colonies and was it accessible for indigenous people at all?
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How aware were German civilians of the goings on in camps, especially ones in their towns like Dachau?
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What was the predominant political leaning amongst senior members of the Irish Republican Army after the Easter Rising?
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