Investigating the Price of World War Two on the British Empire
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2021-07
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University of El-oued
Abstract
Human history has known many and many struggles for power and dominance. One of the most
crucial struggles over history is World War Two (1939-1945) that shaped the landmarks of our
world today. Since the British Empire was the most dominant empire at that time, it is important
to identify its role in the war. The study aims to identify the price the British Empire paid in this
disastrous war. The study under investigation is a qualitative historical research. Our research
depends on data taken from secondary sources, i.e. secondhand information taken from history
books, web site articles, journal articles, and encyclopedias. The data is described and analysed
using a descriptive method. Through the description of the historical events and the situations
before, during and by the end of the war, the study investigates the pricy cost the British Empire
paid in the war and the important role it played in promoting the Allies side. The war was so
great that the empire recruited all of its colonies and countries of British Commonwealth of
Nations, that were significantly involved in wartime. In addition, the war drained the empire’s
economic and dominating power to become weaker despite the Allies victory in the war against
the Axis. By the end of the war, the world’s greatest empire had begun to fall.
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Allies, Axis, British Empire, Commonwealth, Second World War/World War Two