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After the Second World War, the disintegration of Britain's empire transformed global politics. Before the war, Britain maintained colonies all over the world, which provided valuable raw materials, manpower and strategic bases.
3 Μαρ 2011 · Britain may have emerged victorious from World War Two, but at an enormous cost. What were the repercussions for its global empire? By Dr John Dawrin
13 Μαρ 2024 · The Battle of Britain marked the first major defeat of Hitler’s military forces, with air superiority seen as the key to victory. Pre-war theories had led to exaggerated fears of strategic bombing, and UK public opinion was buoyed by coming through the ordeal.
Mandatory military service continued, as despite the end of World War II, Britain continued to wage numerous small colonial conflicts around the globe: the Malayan Emergency, 1948–1960, [35] in Kenya against the Mau Mau Uprising (1952–60) and against Egypt in the 1956 Suez Crisis.
22 Απρ 2016 · Empire had actually been expanding after World War One; gains were made from Sykes-Picot agreement, breaking up the Ottoman Empire and, in February 1945, Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt convened at the Yalta Conference where they agreed on division of post-war Europe.
Learn about and revise how Britain lost an empire (war & government) with this BBC Bitesize History (AQA) study guide.
The Battle of Britain was a major air campaign fought over southern England in the summer and autumn of 1940. Here are 8 things you need to know about one of Britain’s most important victories of the Second World War.
