Greatest Enemies of the United Kingdom

Britain's glorious history has seen many struggles and intrigues! Can you name these Greatest rivals of England and Britain throughout their history? Good luck!

Historical states and former 'enemies' are also considered

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Hint	Enemy
England fought this country in a Hundred Years' War (and don't forget about Napoleon!)	France
Robert the Bruce fought back against the English kings	Scotland
This country's Armada unsuccessfully invaded England	Spain
Major sea power from which Britain took New Amsterdam	Netherlands
13 colonies have shown that they don't want to live under British	United States
Britain (and Lord Byron) widely supported the liberation of Greece from this empire	Ottoman Empire
...but then fought this country in Crimea together with the above	Russia
British flooded this country with opium to take Hong Kong	China
These Dutch-ancestry farmers didn't want to live under British	Boers
The British have also visited this Graveyard of Empires	Afghanistan
Easter Rising in 1916 lead to the independence movement in this country	Ireland
Kaiser and then Führer both fought Britain in World Wars	Germany
And the Duce failed to capture the British Egypt	Italy
...but this country managed to take Singapore and Hong Kong during the WWII	Japan
As Churchill said, "The Iron Curtain has descended across the Europe"	Soviet Union
United Kingdom supported coup d'etat against PM Mossadek in this country	Iran
UK invaded this country to take control over the Suez canal	Egypt
In 1982, this country tried to capture Falklands	Argentina
This country has claimed responsibility for the Lockerbie bombing	Libya
Tony Blair invaded this country together with USA (and don't forget Poland!)	Iraq