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It wasn't peaceful. It was that the UK was broke and couldn't afford to keep invading places that weren't making money for it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma
by thrown_22 4y ago
It wasn't peaceful. It was that the UK was broke and couldn't afford to keep invading places that weren't making money for it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malayan_Emergency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malayan_Emergency
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Crisis
- joveian 4y agoSee also: https://www.historyireland.com/frank-kitson-northern-ireland-british-way-counterinsurgency/ https://www.historyireland.com/frank-kitson-northern-ireland... https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/mar/13/legacy-of-violence-a-history-of-the-british-empire-by-caroline-elkins-review-the-brutal-truth-about-britains-past https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/mar/13/legacy-of-viol...