Once upon a time Britain’s rule stretched from Westminster, across the Indian sub-continent to South East Asia, North America, Australia, New Zealand, and a large part of Africa. Its military superiority, while constantly under challenge, literally ruled the waves and much of the earth’s surface.
Then came two world wars which, despite Britain and its allies emerging victorious, changed the international political and economic balance of power forever.
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