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Now available! Synthesizing maritime, commodity, environmental, and imperial history, THE CAMPHOR WAR complicates static notions of empire and reveals Taiwan’s importance in nineteenth-century East Asia. buff.ly/y7RbmxG #CamphorWar #QingDynasty #BritishEmpire #TaiwanHistory #EastAsiaHistory

Britain hits back by drawing troops from across its empire. Volunteers from Canada and Australia join units from British India in South Africa. The war turns into an imperial project, even as many colonial soldiers feel uneasy about fighting white settlers. #BritishEmpire #CommonwealthTroops #Col...

Medals of Brigadier General Edward Browne, VC (Royal Welsh Regimental Museum, Brecon): The Victoria Cross, Order of the Bath, Queen Victoria Jubilee Medal, South Africa Campaign Medal.
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#britishhistory #britishempire #britisharmy #victorianera #victoriacross

Before 1900, the British Empire did not have the NHS. The US still does not have universal healthcare. The US very similar to pre 1900 British Empire.

What was healthcare like before the NHS?:
theconversation.com/what-was-hea...

#medicareforall
#universalhealthcare
#britishempire
#dyingempire
#us

Soldiers of the Imperial Mounted Infantry during the Anglo-Zulu War. Seated on the right is Private (later Colour Sergeant) Edmund Fowler. Just 18, having been in the army four months, he earned the Victoria Cross for extreme bravery during the Battle of Hlobane, 28 March 1879
#britishempire

So #TuckerCarlson just openly supporting #NaziGermany?? We’re just gonna let that slide? On the premise of “losing the #BritishEmpire”?? The same Carlson who pushed HARD for #Trump & tried to 180?

US: Am I the Bad Guy?
Ghost of the British Empire: Yes you are lol.

#endusempire
#britishempire
#dyingempire
#usempire
#freepalestine
#freeworkingclass
#freeunemployed

Saeed Khan, Meshael Al-Mannai and Hassan Abdein explore how the modern Middle East was shaped, and competing visions of political identity continue to shape the region today.
🔗: https://youtu.be/TjUQCO_Tm4U

#MiddleEast #History #StraitofHormuz #UAE #BritishEmpire

#BarbaraCastle, the Labour MP for Blackburn, wrote in #Tribune on #ThisDayInHistory in 1955 about British atrocities in colonial #Kenya, where over 50,000 Kenyans were tortured and killed for resisting the #BritishEmpire in the #MauMauRebellion. Only about 100 whites were killed.

A largely forgotten hero, Private Samuel Wassall, VC (painting by Jason Askew).
Wassall was awarded the Victoria Cross for saving the life of a drowning comrade during the retreat from Isandlwana, all while under intense enemy fire.
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#britishhistory #victoriacross #britishempire #britisharmy

Major Edric Gifford, 3rd Baron Gifford, VC. Previously awarded the Victoria Cross, he nearly wrote himself into the history books a 2nd time during the hunt for King Cetshwayo at the end of the Zulu War. Another British force captured the king just hours before Gifford

#britishempire #victoriacross

A largely forgotten hero of Rorke's Drift, Sergeant (later Garrison Sergeant Major) Henry Gallagher. At 23, Gallagher was the youngest section leader during the battle, yet also held date-of-rank on his peers.
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#britishhistory #britishempire #britisharmy #southafrica #victorianera

Lieutenant (later Major) Gonville Bromhead, VC. Following the Battle of Rorke's Drift, he was awarded the Victoria Cross.
In the 1964 film, Zulu, he was portrayed by Sir Michael Caine in his first major role.
#britishhistory #britishempire #britisharmy #southafrica #victoriacross #victorianera

When #Glasgow folks got access to #English colonies like #Virginia, they dominated #Tobacco trade & folks weren't rioting then. Glasgow grew to become biggest & most important city in #Scotland & only 2nd to #London.
Scots got jobs in #England as British citizens.
Scots ran the #BritishEmpire.
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Ten years later, my Anglo-Zulu War series continues to be my best-sellers on audio. They remain the works I am most passionate and proudest of.
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#britishhistory #britishempire #southafrica #zulu #victorianera #victoriacross #19thcentury #britisharmy

RE: https://mastodon.me.uk/@ChrisMayLA6/117267821630724452

I've seen plenty of claims that the British Empire should be lauded for "fighting slavery".

But that doesn't mean we should forget how they profited from slavery for so long.

#BritishEmpire #UK #slavery #history