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What is the imperial war cabinet?

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Created by Lloyd George in 1917 to co ordinate imperial military policy

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Lloyd George and imperial preference

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Greater effort from resources of manpower and materials from empire

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DOMINIONS Australia and WW1

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Rejected conscription in 2 referendums Oct 1916 and dec 1917

Applauded for bravery at Gallipoli 1915

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DOMINIONS New Zealand and WW1

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Introduced conscription 1916

Applauded for bravery at Gallipoli 1915

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DOMINIONS Canada and WW1

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Applauded for bravery at vimy ridge 1917
Supplied munitions (1/3 of munitions used by Brit army in France 1917-18)
French Canadians in Quebec City riots against conscription 1918
Conscription introduced 1917

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DOMINIONS South Africa and WW1

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JBM hertzog republican movement

136,000 SA troops fought in Middle East and western front

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DOMINIONS South Africa and WW1: general smuts

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Formed South African defence force which was successful against the Germans
Member of imperial war cabinet- advised on military strategy in Europe!
Spoke about a “community of nations which I prefer to call the British commonwealth of nations”

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India and WW1

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1917 Indian gov contributed £100m to British war effort
Major contributions in Middle East
In reward secutary of state Edwin montagu promised responsible self government for India

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Africa and WW1

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Black people recruited to work in France as labourers and carriers 100,000 died
100,000 Egyptian soldiers fought in Europe 50% killed
1.2m Egyptians recruited to defend Egypt and Middle East
Egypt became a protectorate in 1917

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Aftermath of WW1 for Africa

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First pan African congress held in France 1919

A delegation from SA attended Versailles peace conference 1919 to present the African case

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The League of Nations

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Set up by post war peace treaties

Treaty of Versailles stripped Germany of its former colonies and Ottoman Empire

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Which treaty distributed land among allied powers to become mandates?

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Treaty of san Remo 1920

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The result of the post war peace treaties

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Empire reached its greatest extent with addition of 1800,000 square miles and 13m new subjects

Dominions acquires mandates of their own

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Evidence that the empire didn’t win the war for us

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80% of casualties and 88% of the expenditure incurred by the British empire to defeat Germany and turkey cane from the UKs treasury and domestic tax payers

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The Balfour declaration

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Sympathy for Jewish Zionism

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Motivation of Balfour declaration

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Hoped that it would convince USA to enable Britain to extend its influence into the Middle East

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In 1915 what were the British and French plotting and what did they encourage

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To divide Middle East between them

Encouraged Arab rebellion against Turkish empire- TE Lawrence promoted rebellion from Arab tribes 1917-18

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The result of the Balfour declaration

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Violent clashes between Arabs and Jews

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By 1931 how much of the Palestine pop where Jewish? Why is this significant?

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17.7%

Cannot fulfil promises

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Bernard porter and British promises

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Made “irresponsibly”

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Easter rising 1916

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By Sinn Fein unsuccessful

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1919 what did Sinn Fein win?

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Majority of Irish seats in Westminster

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1919 what did Sinn Fein declare

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Irish republic and IRA began guerrilla warfare against brits

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Why did Eamon de Valera refuse Anglo Irish treaty

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Involved splitting the county= Irish civil war

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Republic of Ireland act
1948 separates from brit
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What did the irish show
British imperialism could be challenged successfully
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Expansion in WW1
Iraq Transjordan Palestine tanganyika Cameroon SA gained SW Africa Australia gained New Guinea
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Contraction WW1 and interwar period
S Ireland fully independent by 1937 Egypt 1922 granted full independence but remained client state until 1954 Iraq independent 1932 but retained close ties
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4 key problems relating to imperial defence
The Great Depression Emergence of threatening regimes- Japan facist Italy and nazi germany Nationalist independence movements eg India need for military resources Realisation that League of Nations could not provide security in international affairs
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Policy of appeasement
Efforts to prevent another major European war by surrendering territorial demands made by Germany and Italy
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What did the policy of appeasement allow Britain to do?
Strengthen forces against Japan Modernise Indian army Singapore naval base £25m
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The failure of appeasement
Neville chamberlain underestimated German ambition who invaded Poland sep 1939 Japan attacked Singapore feb 1942 when Britain at war in Europe
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DOMINION India and WW2
Over 87,000 Indian soldiers died Commander of Indian army said British “couldn’t have came through both wars if they hadn’t had the Indian army” Viceroy declared war on behalf of India- INC annoyed Leaders of quit India movement imprisoned
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DOMINION South Africa and WW2
``` No conscription All forces are volunteers Many supported going to war Took 3 days to decide Mining industry converted to war effort Group of nazis opposed ```
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DOMINION New Zealand and WW2
``` Conscription Pacifists arrested Opposed appeasement- worried about invasion from Japan Declared war on Germany in own right 140,000 served ```
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DOMINION Canada in WW2
Many opposed due to WW1 memories Neutral at first No conscription
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South Asia and WW2
Unnamed works doing hard labour many died
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DOMINION Australia in WW2
Felt dragged into it Social pressure many people rushed to enlist Remembered WW1
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The rise of the Japanese
Fall of Singapore 1942
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What was El Alamein 1942?
Battle in North Africa that pushed out nazi Germans Secured Egypt and Suez Canal
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Why was the fall of Singapore significant?
Defend of Malaya and Burma imposed Brought the largest surrender of British troops in history
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The Japanese exposed weakness of the empire: other events as a result
Ended white invincibility myth 30,000 Indian troops joined INA and fought against British 1943 in Burma Burma formed independence army REPRESENTED A BETRAYAL OF THE EMPIRES GUARENTEE OF SECURITY IN RETURN FOR LOYALTY
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Atlantic charter 1941
Churchill wants Roosevelt in the war who wants dismantlement of imperial preference
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Economic position in 1945
USA demand repayment of war debt NHS Labour landslide victory of 145 majority there is a need for social reform
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British debt 1945
£3500m Imported £2000m only exported £350m
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The government of India act 1919
Limited self government- Indian ministers and British viceroy- step towards full dominion status
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The rowlatt act
March 18th 1919 Imprisonment for suspected terrorism with out a warrant or trial and stricter control of the press
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What caused the the British to introduce direct rule and repression c. 1935 (government of India act) 3 main reasons
- congress party opposed gov of India act as no independence - princely states rejected federal India as wanted to maintain independence - 1939 ministers in provinces resigned from office opposing Indian participation in war
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Why introduce the rowlatt act?
Under the Simon commission recommended that internal security and foreign affairs remain in British control Curb the threat from revolutionary nationalist organisations
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Amritsar massacre
April 13th 1919 | British Indian army under dyer fired at a crowd of Punjabi people celebrating a cultural festival
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Reasons for dyers actions at Amritsar- Jeremy paxman
Jeremy paxman- his actions followed a pattern “using devastating force to impose their will” “brutal truth about empire”
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Indian reactions to Dyer
- INC- Britain has no moral authority | - galvanised Gandhi’s non co op movement
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Chaura Chauri 1922
Protestors in non cooperation movement set fire to police station- police opened fire- 3 civilians and 23 policeman dead- movement end
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Quit India campaign 1942
Gandhi and INC demanded “an orderly British withdrawal” British imprisoned almost the entire INC leadership and movement failed
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Cripps mission
1942 inc reject Promise of full dominion status Too little too late
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Non cooperation campaign
1920-22 Refusal to buy British goods Local handicrafts Pocket liquor shops
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The Muslim league and Jinnah
``` 1916 Disagreed with Gandhi’s non violence 1940 wanted separate Muslim state Efforts in creating Pakistan- first Governor General Increasingly militant ``` =Indian independence movement not united
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How did Gandhi become a national figure
Championed indigo workers in Bihar Mediated textile industry dispute in Ahmedabad And mediated the dispute of land taxes in Gujarat
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Role of Gandhi
1915 INC president Indian dress symbolic of commitment to Indian culture Methods hard for British to suppress
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The new labour gov victory
Landslide victory 1945
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Labour gov and the empire
Loans from use Economic crisis after WW2 Less inclined to maintain empire
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Impact of WW2 on Burma
Anti fascist organisation (AFO) coalition with Burma national army under Aung San. Atlee in dec 1946 said he’s unwilling to commit sufficient troops Independence 1948
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Impact of WW2 on Middle East and the United Nations
``` Tension between Arabs and Jews Possible solutions: -unitary state- federal gov Jews reject as lead to Muslim rule -provincial autonomy- Jews reject ``` United Nations- chosen partition of Palestine under UN
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Was Palestine a success or failure?
Failure Britain had spent excess of £100m on governing Palestine since jan 1945 and over 330 soldiers dead
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Summary of WW1 and WW2 expansion and contraction
WW1 followed by expansion despite loss of Ireland Egypt and Iraq WW2 major contraction- India Pakistan Palestine and Burma Concept of empire remained strong- Britain continued to develop Africa and Malaya

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