BBC1 年
The British Empire: An overview
In terms of size, the British Empire was at its largest in the years following World War One, when it gained some of Germany’s former colonies. This was because Germany had lost World War One ...
24/7 Wall St. on MSN1 个月
All These Countries Were Once Part of the Largest Land Empire in History
T he largest country in the world today is Russia, with about 11% of the global landmass. It was far exceeded by the British ...
Cambridge University Press7 个月
The Quest for Security
with many in the legal establishment fearing that the British constitution could no longer cope with the complexity of imperial institutions. At the same time, the military establishment feared the ...
How the sun will set on the British Empire for the first time in 200 years
The sun will quite literally set on the British Empire for the first time in 200 years. The UK government confirmed yesterday ...
BBC7 个月
British Empire Exhibition: The forgotten event that took the world to Wembley
"The official guide talks about it as a kind of family party of Empire. This idea that you can have a kind of trip around the British Empire ... sheep-shearing and its own butter sculpture ...
MercoPress6 天
Eighty years since the “worst disaster and largest capitulation in British history”
This month marks 80 years since Singapore, a British colony with significant strategic importance was invaded and subsequently captured by the Empire of Japan. Its loss represented the lowest ...