World War I: The British Empire After The War

The British Empire after the War There was no more than four great empires. The empires were Germany,, Ottoman and Russia. In 1918 the British empire was the beginning of the end. The expectations of the British colonial subject have been raised during the war, the empire and the self-governing territories of the British Commonwealth had helped to fund. India for example paid 146 million pounds toward the war effect. Importing raw materials from the colonies helped the allied victory.The self-governing territories of the British Commonwealth The White-run Dominions (British Commonwealth) of Austria, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa contributed significantly to the British empire's war effort. On the front of the western side and in Gallipoli
soldiers fought and died in numbers.Britain after the war The economy After the first World War, Britain incurred debts equivalent 136% of its gross. Their major creditor, The USA, began to emerge as the world's strongest economy. More British than German workers were involved in strikes in 1919. In 1921 unemployment reached its highest of 11.3% sense it started being recorded. Staple wartime industries such as coal, ship-building and steel contracted. Working women were forced to cede their jobs to returning soldiers. Woman were forced to give up their jobs to returning soldiers.The legacy of the war outside the British empire The United States France, Italy and the USA were Britain's major allies in 1918 did not emerged in glorious triumph from the war. On the 19th of November 1919 the US senate voted to to reject the Treaty of Versailles. The British empire after the War Africa Britain refuses to deploy a large African any for service in Europe.
20,000-strong South African Native served as non-combatants behind the Western Front lines. The British empire after the War The Caribbean Service of the Caribbean soldiers seen several of the main theaters of war.The British empire after the War The Middle East The Post war is The Middle East, Russia and Turkey are now removed from the equation. At this time a new British empire was taking.BRITISH EMPIRE IN WORLD WAR I 1918 British Empire is the largest but England lost the mantle of the powerful nation. there is an ant-Colonial fever and Freedom.The call of the Empire, the call of the war When Britain declared war on Germany the Dominions (self-governing territories of the British Commonwealth) were automatically in the conflict. Most Canadians were of British descent. At the start of the first two months 32,000 men had joined, at the end 600,000 men and woman had served. British Army during World War I The British Army during World War I fought the largest and most costly war in its long history.Britain's Forgotten World War I Civilian Internment Camps Cohen- Portheim a German-Jewish painter was classified as an enemy
alien. He and three others are four out of 800,000 civilian that were in prison camps in Europe.Enemy aliens On May 7, the British passenger liner Lusitania had been sunk by a German submarine, killing 1,000 passengers.
This starts a wave of anti-German sentiment in the British public. This lead to mass riots against german. About 800,000 civilians were held captive in Europe. Knockaloe was the largest of 16 civilian camps crossed the U.K. 20,000 people lived in open-plan timber huts, that housed around 30 people. Most people were german but a small amount came from the multi-ethnic Austrian and Ottoman Empires. these camps were surrounded by barbed wire.30,000 civilian prisoners 30,000 German, Austrian and Turkish men lived or traveled in Britain and found themselves in the barbed wire camps during the First World War. Public opinion supports "this entire country is in the power go german persons.Global Leadership: How WWI Helped Unravel the British Empireafter 4 1/2 years of war, more than 700,000 Britons were dead, and hundreds of thousands were wounded. Many missing arms, legs and eyes.British EmpireBy 1922, The British Empire had over 458 million people, one-fifth of the world population.The empire covered more than 13,000,000 sq. mi. That is (33,670,000km2) this is about a quarter of the land
area.