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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.
This is a list of conflicts involving the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and its predecessor states (the Kingdom of Great Britain (and Ireland), Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland and generally the British Isles). Notable militarised interstate disputes are included.
From mid-June 1940, following the rapid German invasions and occupations of Poland, Denmark, Norway, France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, the British Commonwealth was the main opponent of Germany and the Axis, until the entry into the war of the Soviet Union in June 1941.
3 Μαρ 2011 · 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 - all but complete by the...
22 Απρ 2016 · The territories that had once contributed substantially to British power were now an international player on their own. Empire was now an outdated idea under immense scrutiny and pressure to disband. Was the end of Empire inevitable?
The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. It began with the overseas possessions and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
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...
