TIL about Juan Pujol GarcΓ­a, a double agent who tricked German leaders about the date and location of the invasion of Normandy which lead to its success. He was notable for having received distinction from both sides; the Iron Cross from the Nazis and membership of the Order of the British Empire en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jua…
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Police hold back crowd of fans in front of the Buckingham Palace, where The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire will be awarded to The Beatles by the Queen Elizabeth II. 26.10.1965, London, UK [1280x720]
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When you learned that Ian McDiarmid refused an offer of the Order of the British Empire
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Police keeping back a crowd of young fans outside Buckingham Palace, London, as pop group the Beatles receive their Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) medals from Queen Elizabeth II - 1965
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Happy Birthday, Lesley Manville. She is famous for movies like All or Nothing (2002) and Another Year (2010) and is the recipient of Order of British Empire.
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Did the Indians fight for the British Empire out of loyalty to the Crown/Great Britain or because they were ordered to?

Hello there, I was curious about India nd it's relationship with Great Britain or the British Empire in the respect. Occasionally, I'd see Indian paramilitaries or Indian soldiers fighting under the British Flag or British Imperial Flag. The 2nd Great War included more then a 1 million Indian's *volunteering*. I wanted to ask, did the British Indians fight of the British Empire out of loyalty to the Crown or was it something else? I mean, those are quite a lot of Indians fighting for the British Empire. . . so what was it? Loyalty or was it an obligation/Ordered to do it?.

Thanks for your time.

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British Lt. Colonel George Macdonnel orders his men over the frozen St. Lawrence River to attack American Riflemen stationed in Ogdensburg, New York, under the command of Major Benjamin Forsyth. The Successful surprise attack left 26 American and around 54 British Casualties. February 13, 1813.
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George Lucas explaining how the heroes of Star Wars were modelled after the Vietcong and resistors to colonialism, while the villains represented American and British empires. youtu.be/Nxl3IoHKQ8c
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Why was the Revolutionary War over after the battle of Yorktown? I never understood why the rest of the British forces didn't keep fighting, especially if they still had significant forces based in New York City, and if Cornwallis wasn't even the commander of British forces in the states.
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The funeral procession of Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force during the First World War. Over a million people lined the streets for his state funeral, more than would later do for Princess Diana. 3 February 1928 [800 x 617 px]
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157 years ago today the January Uprising of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth against the Russian Empire began. Just last year in November, the ceremony of the State Funeral of the commanders and participants of the uprising took place in Vilnius, Lithuania.
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[FWI] In 1 minute, Trump suddenly becomes the Avatar and conquers the planet, forming the Empire of Trump-Earth and becomes God Emperor of Earth and Supreme Holy Celestial Commander of the Human Race

Trump also befriends Godzilla Earth and uses him to initiate a new age where Godzilla Earth will ravage an entire continent who rebels against His Holy Imperial Celestial Majesty Trump the Great Avatar. 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 nuclear weapons are also stationed up in space in order to force humanity to comply with His Holy orders.

(Seriously though, what the fuck is up with this subreddit and these crazy scenarios involving Trump becoming Adolf Stalin Mao Kim and turning America into a North Korean-like totalitarian dictatorship? Yeah sure, I’m not a fan of Trump and if I had my way, he wouldn’t be anywhere near North America, much less occupy the White House but it is what it is and we can always vote him out of office come November).

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TIL the Japanese Empire attacked Hong Kong on the same morning as Pearl Harbor, only 4 hours after the attack, which led to the Battle of Hong Kong. After 17 days of fighting, the British Empire surrendered on Christmas, a day which would be later referred to as Black Christmas. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat…
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The Americans had no idea what they were doing just an innocent little empire thrust into a righteous position. Also, the British Empire willingly decided to pack it in and didn't have be violently driven out of most of their colonies for brutality, oppression or war crimes
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TIL British Admiral Horatio Nelson, commander-in-chief of the British fleet in the Mediterranean in 1804, then the largest naval force in existence suffered from seasickness ever since he joined the navy at the age of 12. reuters.com/article/us-br…
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Navy Secretary Resignation Letter: "The rule of law is what sets us apart... Unfortunately, it has become apparent that in this respect, I no longer share the same understanding with the Commander in Chief... I cannot in good conscience obey an order that I believe violates the sacred oath I took." usatoday.com/story/news/p…
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The Sophistication of the British Empire: Sharp and Pointy Edition
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Welcome, Nerevar. Together we shall speak for the Law and the Land, and shall drive the mongrel dogs of the British Empire from Australia
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The Expansion of the British Empire is more akin to "Don't Fuck with my territory" more than anything.

So, while I take a break from writing an essay, I'm going pose a question to all the scholars on r/KnowingBetter. Was the expansion of the British empire more akin to the protection of trade routes and territory than malicious subjugation. I acknowledge that the expansion of any empire, especially in the 18th through 19th centuries was also facilitated by inter-power rivalries in Europe, but looking at some of these conquests, it seems that it was more of a matter of England trying to protect its very lucrative trade routes or territory that it already held.

One example of this is Lord Lugard's expedition into Northern Nigeria to combat slave raids by the Sokoto Caliphate. It is important to understand at this point in time, many muslim nations still legally allowed slavery within their territories and the Sokoto Caliphate was no different. They frequently raided neighboring territories for slaves and according to Paul Lovejoy, Sokoto was one of the largest slave societies in Africa. Once the Sokoto were subjugated; Lugard said this:"The Fulani in old times […] conquered this country. They took the right to rule over it, to levy taxes, to depose kings and to create kings. They in turn have by defeat lost their rule which has come into the hands of the British. All these things which I have said the Fulani by conquest took the right to do now pass to the British. Every Sultan and Emir and the principal officers of state will be appointed by the high Commissioner throughout all this country. The High Commissioner will be guided by all the usual laws of succession and the wishes of the people and chief, but will set them aside if he desires for good cause to do so. The Emirs and chiefs who are appointed will rule over the people as of old time and take such taxes as are approved by the High Commissioner, but they will obey the laws of the Governor and will act in accordance with the advice of the Resident."

This, in all essentiality, ended the legal trade of slaves in Nigeria. Knowing this, how does this change your view on the expansion of the British Empire?

P.S. I apologize I don't have time to pour more research into this, I'm currently working on a four-page essay on Khedival Egyptian society and needed a little break before I burnt myself out. I know that there is still pertinent information that needs to be found and explained so I will be frequently checking the comments section of this post for information that I missed and other

... keep reading on reddit ➑

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James Acaster On The Absurdity Of The British Empire [Stand-Up Clip] youtube.com/watch?v=x73Pk…
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TIL that Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore renounced his knighthood in 1919 (awarded in 1915), after the British empire fired on a gathering of unarmed men, women and children in Amritsar, India (Jallianwala Bagh massacre) which resulted in the death of over a 1000 civilians. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jal…
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[TOMT][SERIES] A show about the British Empire or its commanders at least.

A fellow friend was telling me about this show two years ago but I've forgotten what it was called, but it was set in the British Empire, obviously not the Crown nor Victoria.

I believed it was about British commanders. That's all I know

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TIL General Arthur Currie, Commander of the Canadian Corps in WWI and one of the Western Front's top strategists, embezzled $10,000(~$250,000 today) to save himself from bankruptcy following a real estate market decline in British Columbia in July of 1914, 5 days before the war started, August 4th. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art…
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19th-cent. Slave Bible that removed Exodus story to repress hope goes on display: "Censored texts were used by missionaries in the Caribbean colonies to emotionally manipulate the forced laborers who built the British Empire" [United States of America] timesofisrael.com/19th-ce…
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The Sons of Liberty to the British Empire in the Boston Harbor on December 16, 1773
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Is America’s Fossil Fuel Empire Collapsing? Where coal powered the British Empire, and oil powered the American Century, renewable energy technologies are now set to drive the post-American world. Europe’s β€œGreen Deal” represents the beginning of this new era. forbes.com/sites/danielar…
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It’s not even done yet (still have yet to finish a little bit more of his arm) but I really would like to show you guys..Commander Cody getting the infamous order.
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Hizbollah chief orders 'resistance fighters' around the world to avenge death of Iranian commander Soleimani telegraph.co.uk/news/2020…
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Is America’s Fossil Fuel Empire Collapsing? Where coal powered the British Empire, and oil powered the American Century, renewable energy technologies are now set to drive the post-American world. Europe’s β€œGreen Deal” represents the beginning of this new era. forbes.com/sites/danielar…
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Britain after Brexit: welcome to the vulture restaurant - US business will asset-strip the UK, but that’s not all: the Pentagon will find the little-known fragments of the British empire very useful. opendemocracy.net/en/open…
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"To Parents. Save the Children of the Nation." - 1924 British Empire Union pamphlet warning about "Communist Schools" teaching "Sex Knowledge"
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TIL A group of Gurkhas, who had fought in the Indian sub-continent for independence from the British Empire, were expelled from the British Raj in Mumbai after they assassinated some of their own officers. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gur…
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Flag of the United Kingdom if it was colonized by the British Empire.
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Map of the British Empire
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The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire (2018) Neo colonialism and the obfuscation of the largest criminal enterprise on the planet. This doc exposes how the City of London facilitates offshoring of wealth in British dependencies. youtube.com/watch?v=np_yl…
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On this day (11 March, 1917) Baghdad was conquered by the British Empire from the Ottomans as part of their Mesopotamian Campaign in World War One. Picture is of British general Frederick Maude's entry into the city on that day. Credit: Lost Islamic History
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In order to ensure the structural integrity of Notre Dame, I propose that it should be rebuilt using ________.
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The 'All Red Line' of the British Empire (1902) - the telegraph line that encircled a planet
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