This essay will give detailed analysis on the reasons that contributed towards their downfall such as the rise in nationalism, the Second World War and arguably the First World War, the rise of the US and other such factors. ... Backing this further, this almost false yet Whig way of looking at the British Empire meant an arguably ignorant view that the Empire was the white man's" burden and during its end was honourably discharged but deliberately wound up meaning there was absolutely no shame in the loss of the British Empire, rather they felt they had proudly come to a deserved end, pa...

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