In 1952, British troops were fighting independence movements in Egypt and Kenya. They would go on to lose both, and many others. By 1979, the British empire was reduced to a few pockets around the ...

Ten plates used to print maps of the British Empire have been found in scrapyards. One of them, dated 1779, had been bought by a farmer in Norfolk to use as a mudguard for his tractor.

Learn about British history, including what the British Empire was and when it ended in this Bitesize KS3 history guide. ... In the 1700s and 1800s, India experienced several devastating famines.

Below is a map from 1901 showing the “British Empire” at one of its peak periods. The map doesn't convey the extent of British influence, especially, in Latin America.

The Oxford History of the British Empire: The Eighteenth Century edited by PJ Marshall ... Atlantic Trade and the British Economy, 1660-1800 (Cambridge University Press, 2000), Fritz Reiner, ...

A map of countries where an overseas volunteer organisation operates is—what else?—a throwback to the British Empire’s pink map. This is a shame, ...