HIS344Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Malayan Emergency, Headache, Ethnic Minorities In China
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British and french empires falling apart keeping open to invasion: kept entire time period critical to ir. Role of ww2 doomed these colonial empires: drove in the last few nails , came to an end because of the political and diplomatic consequences, political: French regime rose that collaborated with the. British conservatives stayed in power: economic: Both needed economic infusion from the us. Were granted millions of dollars before the. 1941 churchill needed to sign the atlantic. Charter to ensure american support during and after the war. The labour in power: 1945 saw churchill booted from parliament. Clement atlee, churchill"s replacement was adamant on holding onto the british empire: like the english, the french also wanted to hold onto their colonial heritage. The late 19th century the nationalist party was seeking independence in india. The british would not grant them independence.
