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Argument: WWII accelerated the decline of the British Empire more than WWI. Paragraph 1: WWI status• Opposition to the war and the self-confidence created by WWI threatened the future of the Empire.• E.g. in the dominions.
The British Empire increased the wealth and prestige of Britain from 1600. When the colonies became a drain on British resources, Britain grew weary of the struggle to maintain empire and...
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.
What role did the British Empire play in the Second World War? 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.
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. At its height in the 19th and early 20th centuries, it was the largest empire in history and, for a ...
28 Οκτ 2024 · British Empire, a worldwide system of dependencies—colonies, protectorates, and other territories—that over a span of some three centuries was brought under the sovereignty of the crown of Great Britain and the administration of the British government.
