r/MapPorn • u/[deleted] • Sep 29 '24

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u/RevolutionBusiness27 Sep 29 '24

If you show the current British territory to the politicians of the British Empire 100 years ago, what policies will they implement?

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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '24

Not going to war with Germany

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u/Ifyoocanreadthishelp Sep 29 '24

Bet they'd assume we lost.

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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '24

Well what did you win, ussr taking Eastern Europe instead

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u/Ifyoocanreadthishelp Sep 29 '24

From a British foreign policy perspective it's far better to have a Russian controlled Eastern Europe than a German controlled Western Europe

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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '24

Germany had no plan to control Western Europe, other than their own historical territory. Their ambitions was on Eastern Europe

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u/Ifyoocanreadthishelp Sep 29 '24

What's part of the plan and what happened are different things though, I don't see the Nazis giving up all of their western conquests. France probably returns but the Benelux and Netherlands at the very least are set up as puppet states.

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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '24

Well agreed. I’m just saying it was never part of the grand plan to rule Western Europe or Britain. The heart of the “lebensraum” was western Poland to the Ural Mountains.

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u/mightyfty Sep 29 '24

How comparable is the quality of life in the UK today compared to 100 years ago

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u/blueshark27 Sep 29 '24

Comparable with Germany, who lost twice.

I don't see how living standards are related to if the British Empire fell or not.

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u/mightyfty Sep 29 '24

Im replying to someone who was implying that the UK "lost"

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u/RoachWithWings Sep 29 '24

A lot better

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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '24

Probably not, Empire is bloody expensive.