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Britain.
The conflict in WW1 on the Western Front was in France & Belgium.
[1] France was considered among the Allied powers, even though the country was under German occupation, 1940-1944. [2] The people of France largely considered their country so. This was shown by the widespread popular and Resistance support to General DeGaulle's consistent public opposition to Marechal Petain's surrender to Germany.
British policy for Europe was that no country be allowed to become too dominant. Close inspection made them conclude that the country with the biggest threat of dominance was Germany. It had a large population, a good economy and a huge army, fully capable of dominating Europe. Britain joined the Triple Entente with Russia and France. When Germany attacked France by going through Belgium, a country Britain had a treaty to protect, war was declared on Germany.
Europe. Primarily in France,