Create accountLogin

Recent searches

No recent searches

Search options

Only available when logged in.
c.im is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
C.IM is a general, mainly English-speaking Mastodon instance.

Administered by:

Server stats:

2.9K
active users

c.im: AboutStatusProfiles directoryPrivacy policy

Mastodon: AboutGet the appKeyboard shortcutsView source codev4.3.6

#That

4 posts4 participants0 posts today
Public
Lorry :unverified:

It took fewer than 6 years for the irreversible collapse of the British Empire, the largest empire in human history.

80 years on and it's barely remembered at all, except for the occasional English politician trying to convince their acolytes that Albion will rise again.

So... How's it going there, America?

A 1939 map of the world, with the British territories and possessions marked. Titled "Is the British Empire facing the Sunset?" a bottom panel reads: There is good reason for The prideful claim of Englishmen that "the sun never sets on the British Empire." The fact speaks for itself. The British Commonwealth of Nations and His Majesty's colonies and possessions occupy about 12,000,000 square miles or nearly one-fourth of the entire land surface of the earth - Estimated at 52,500,000 square miles. The King's realm extends to every ocean and over every continent on the face of the globe, and encompasses a population of almost 500,000,000 people in the greatest empire in history. Most of the lands and possessions were acquired in the last three and one-half centuries by exploration, by conquest, by settlement, by purchase. This map is designed to show how the great kingdom sprawls all over the globe. It also locates and gives The dates of territorial acquisitions, and indicates the famed British Trade lifeline from England to Africa, Asia and Australia. In the light of the startling and menacing Russian-German coalition in Europe and Japanese ambitions in the Far East, political observers see an ominous shadow cast over the great framework which ties the units of the British Empire into one great whole. Defeat in the war with Germany, and even an inglorious and expensive stalemate, would see the breakup of the empire, it is believed. (NEWS map by Staff Artist Sundberg)
#England#UK#Empire
ExploreLive feeds
About