Why Did Great Britain Get Out Of The First World War

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November 1918' the First World War is over, it is a victory for Britain and her allies' and the British add Iran, Iraq, and Palestine to its empire,
1922 Ireland leaves the British empire,
1939' the war that would cost Britain most of her empire was about to begin.

Steven e Ambrose, a writer and historian, during an interview had said,

What did Great Britain get out of the war, not much' but she lost a very great deal, I suppose from a moralistic point of view Britain can claim that she stood up to hitler, when at the time the rest of Europe was giving in to hitler, it would seem ironic that the British having given the most for victory, got the least out of the war, whereas the Americans having given the least for victory, got the most out of it.
From the world at war/ 1973/ reckoning /BBC documentary.

The cost of victory in the Second World War had cost Britain dearly …show more content…

At the end, Britain was almost bankrupt, and her people were weary after 5 long years of fighting, the British empire was falling apart, one of the first country's to go was England's jewel in the crown (India) almost a million indian troops had been casualties fighting at britains side, now India wanted her independence, Britain was now to weak to stop her, even if she had wanted to, Iran, Iraq, and Palestine were soon to follow, it is said that the sun never sets on the British empire, it had taken many century's and many historical battles to build and it spanned nearly a quarter of the earths landmass, covering more than 33,700,000 km2 (13,012,000 sq

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