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In 1940 the British Empire contained a quarter of the world's population and a fifth of its landmass, all of which, bar Ireland, was also at war with Germany. Far from standing alone, as the war spread across the globe, Britain relied on the people, land and resources of its Empire to continue fighting.
3 Μαρ 2011 · Last updated 2011-03-03. Britain may have emerged victorious from World War Two, but at what cost to its global empire? 1945: End of World War Two. The collapse of British imperial power...
3 Ιουν 2024 · For most Americans, D-Day remains the most famous battle of World War II. It was not the end of the war against Nazism. At most, it was the beginning of the end. Yet it continues to resonate...
In terms of population, on the eve of World War II, Britain and her colonial possessions totaled 500 million inhabitants. The British Empire had an enormous impact on world history.
The following table gives the population of the British Empire and its territories, in several different time periods. The most populous territory in the empire was British India, which included what are now Pakistan and Bangladesh.
22 Απρ 2016 · A decision during the war to fall in with American policy in terms of Japan (who had not long ago been part of a treaty with Britain, and were on the whole neutral to the British cause) had disastrous effects, particularly after Pearl Harbour when the Japanese were able to occupy Malaya, Burma and Hong Kong while coming very close to India and ...
During World War Two the British suffered a number of defeats. One of the most significant was the loss of Singapore to the Japanese in 1942. Japan had been regarded as one of the inferior...
