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Re:HK media erase their archives amid rising arrests by lotsofpulp on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @02:04AM (#27685428)
It's obviously multifactorial, and I do not diminish Gandhi's efforts, but it would be hard to ignore Britain's diminished capabilities after WW2 as having a role in Britain letting go of India.

They simply had no capacity to control a country like India on the other side of the world in their state at the end of WW2, so might as well save as much face while they can.

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Re:HK media erase their archives amid rising arrests by ekianjo on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @09:17AM (#27688109)
Not just a question of capacity. The British Empire almost fell to Hitler's ambitions and while Great Britain was never invaded it definitely looked a lot weaker than what it was supposed to. This meant that the British Empire was far from invincible and definitely led the path to decolonisation.
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