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An '''ally''' is a friend. The term can apply to an individual person, but is most usually used of nations which have formed friendships - either by natural community of interests, values, and beliefs, or by treaty. The [[United States]] and [[Britain]] are allies of long standing - the friendship known as the [[Special Relationship]]. However, an ally can be a short-term one - as in the unlikely alliance between [[Nazi]] [[Germany]] and the [[Soviet Union]] between 1939 and 1941. | An '''ally''' is a friend. The term can apply to an individual person, but is most usually used of nations which have formed friendships - either by natural community of interests, values, and beliefs, or by treaty. The [[United States]] and [[Britain]] are allies of long standing - the friendship known as the [[Special Relationship]]. However, an ally can be a short-term one - as in the unlikely alliance between [[Nazi]] [[Germany]] and the [[Soviet Union]] between 1939 and 1941. | ||
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Revision as of 19:28, September 12, 2008
An ally is a friend. The term can apply to an individual person, but is most usually used of nations which have formed friendships - either by natural community of interests, values, and beliefs, or by treaty. The United States and Britain are allies of long standing - the friendship known as the Special Relationship. However, an ally can be a short-term one - as in the unlikely alliance between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union between 1939 and 1941.