"I refuse to accept the notion that in the late 19th, early 20th century, the UK ruled over one quarter of the world, and without being defeated, just decided to give it all up and went back to their little island in the North Sea." I have always thought it was weird that they just said, "Oh well." Especially after the American Revolution.
"I refuse to accept the notion that in the late 19th, early 20th century, the UK ruled over one quarter of the world, and without being defeated, just decided to give it all up and went back to their little island in the North Sea." I have always thought it was weird that they just said, "Oh well." Especially after the American Revolution.