This seemingly inevitable process of acquiring regional autonomy in former protectorates not only had a massively negative impact on the British economy but also required the chief negotiators to make concessions that were supposed to pave the way for a dignified colonial retreat in political dignity. Simultaneously, the British government also had to resolve the challenge of the rising tension from ambitions of colonies aiming to break away from their British rulers. The leaders of nations with the diametrically oppositional political systems of Communism and Capitalism established a hostile political and military polarity that divided the world into the political spheres of the East and West.īritain, obviously positioned beside its American ally, made no less efforts in defeating Hitler but had to gradually draw back from its major position in international relations after the war. The United States and the Soviet Union, allied nations which suffered a dreadful amount of casualties during the war against German fascism, were now separated politically through an ideological demarcation line. The post-world war era heralded a profound change in power constellations of international politics.
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