Relatively speaking, the times were a lot easier when the UK was conquering the world than when it wasn't, but times being easy didn't stop it from being effect

Relatively speaking, the times were a lot easier when the UK was conquering the world than when it wasn't, but times being easy didn't stop it from being effective at conquering the world when it had a tech advantage. Times were pretty easy when it sacrificed a lot of men in two world wars where it didn't have a tech advantage (and could probably have afforded to weasel out) too.