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>>>World War I sapped a lot of resources from the >British >>>Empire and although it gained some colonies from the >>>Turks and Germans I believe it was the beginning of >>>the decline of the empire. Do you think the British >>>Empire would still be around today had they stayed >>>neutral during WWI? >> >>Probably not, it would most likely would have taken >>longer for it decline had the World Wars not start but >>even with out it would probably have still ended by >>now. One can make the argument that decline of the age >>of empires started before the World Wars and that the >>change economic, political and technological >>conditions that helped to end them would of still >>happen just slower and later. > >I agree. The World Wars basically accelerated the >decline of the European colonial powers. The economic, >political and technological trends were already in the >making from the 1880s onwards, even though they >weren't visible at the time.
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