How to pronounce Brunei

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Great Britain built up the largest colonial empire in history and then lost most of it.

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Learn more about how countries decide where to locate their capital cities.

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With the defeat of the French at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954, the United States became concerned about communist gains in Vietnam. From Vietnam Perspective (1985), a documentary by Encyclopædia Britannica Educational Corporation.