The sun has literally set on the British Empire
The sun never sets on the British empire.” Variations on the phrase have been used for more than 200 years to describe the ...
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From Empire to Commonwealth: war, race and imperialism in British History, 1780 to the present day
This course will bring you back down to earth. It offers a unique and scholarly history of the complexity of the British Empire through its origins, rise, fall and legacy. No subject is off limit. Its ...
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Nigel Biggar: British Empire unfairly maligned
The British Empire is a proxy for the West. The phrase “colonialism and slavery” is often used to sum it up, as if the two things were identical. And it is common to hear British colonialism ...
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Troops from the British Empire
Later they were evacuating France at Dunkirk when German shells began to fall all around them ... the contribution of troops from the British Empire was crucial. The map below gives an idea ...