... reason Britain lost the majority of its Empire in the 20th century was due to the fact that they could not cope with trying to limit the demand for independence, and with both wars, it seemed easier by the end of the century to just hand back land. The wars were the main reason why Britain's Foreign Policy had changed as well. In 1914, most of Britain's policy was based around its empire and control of the seas. However, as throughout the century it lost many parts of its empire, Britain then turned its focus towards is membership of the EU and NATO, also towards the USA, now being the greatest superpower. As I said, the wars were the main reason for this, as Britain could not afford to keep as big an empire due to risk of being attacked, it needed to take up allies in Europe. As well as ...

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