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The question
Did Britain really stand alone in 1940?
Professor David Edgerton shows why the traditional story of Britain’s war is misleading. In 1939 Britain was Europe’s richest nation, at the centre of a global empire, with a thriving military-industrial-scientific complex built for a technological war.
Key takeaways
- 01Britain was the richest nation in Europe in 1939.
- 02It sat at the centre of a huge global empire and was never really 'alone'.
- 03Despite appeasement, it kept a thriving military-industrial-scientific complex that powered a technological war.
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