The British Empire: A source for good or evil? January 2014 | Page 4

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III - Decolonisation and decline (1945–1997)
. Though Britain and the empire emerged victorious from the Second World War, the
effects of the conflict were profound, both at home and abroad. Much of Europe, a
continent that had dominated the world for several centuries, was in ruins, and host to the
armies of the United States and the Soviet Uni