>Nice British empire you've got there, shame if something

Was the Suez Crisis really the end of Britain as a global superpower? I've heard this a lot.

>>2534973
Pretty much. It was pretty humiliating, it could not have ended worse. They sacrificed everything to "win" world war 2. If they hadn't gone autistic for poland's sake, they would have still had their empire.

>>2534986
Wasn't Gandhi already stirring shit up in India? And that was the "Jewel in the Crown." I think the empire's end was inevitable.

>>2534986
>they would have still had their empire.
Nope. Labour was planning on dissolvung the empire and Britain couldn't supress most of the revolts if they happened. The Brittish empire was a paper tiger. It looked strong but was pretty weak and pathetic in reality. Britain is probably stronger nowadays than in 1939

>>2535207
I recall Disraeli called it "a millstone around our necks"