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I seriously doubt that the "let's fight" option was anywhere near the table when India gained independence. The records will all be public by now. > As for Bri
by JupiterMoon 11y ago
I seriously doubt that the "let's fight" option was anywhere near the table when India gained independence. The records will all be public by now.
> As for Britain giving up its ownership: To this date formally England lays claim to a whole bunch of places that they have colonized and in some cases it has gone to war to keep that situation as it is.
Examples in post Suez history include?
- nugga 11y agoHe's probably talking about Malvinas (Falklands) among other places.
- JupiterMoon 11y agoThe Falklands are not a colonial story (unless you count the Argentinian desire to conquer them against the wishes of their citizens). Any actual places?
- notahacker 11y agoIf the Falklands had actually had any native inhabitants at the time it was "colonised", and the UK's military involvement hadn't been at the behest of the Falklands' contemporary native inhabitants to repel an invading foreign military dictatorship, they might have had more of a point... "Other places" do not exist unless you name them. Even the Chagos Islands, the UK's most questionable overseas possession, have only been fought over in the courts.
- bprieto 11y agoGibraltar
- JupiterMoon 11y agoI had no idea the UK had fought a war to stop the people of Gibraltar obtaining independence and self determination. Can you point me towards some references on the subject?
- walshemj 11y agoWho overwhelmingly don't want to become Spanish.