WW2: The Great Imperial War
Dan Snow's History Hit
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The Great Empire Building - The End of the Empire?
Imou: A large ladyship corp, even among the labour party, thought hanging on for empire was a good thing. But if that's really what empire building meant, well, they wanted none of it. And there's plenty of evidence that by nine forty five, in britain and the united states too, these were really poorities. Imou: Even a loss of india, for example, doesn't have the sort of impact on the british public you would expect it to have. Which suggests that actuly, all along, empire has been something pursued by alet rather than by the masses, i'm sure.
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