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That's the Explorers Podcast. Hello everyone and welcome to History of the Second World War, summary episode number four, the British Empire.

This time we will be summarizing episodes 86 through 91 on the British

Empire during the interwar years. The Empire was in an interesting position as it exited

the First World War. It had never been larger, with the territory gained either outright

or as mandates, taking the empire on which the sun never set to a new level in terms of size.

But at the same time, there were new problems that leaders in London would have to try

and find answers for in the brave new world of the interwar years.

This episode will focus on some of these problems, which can be broadly grouped into three

different categories.

There were challenges at home, which were amplified by the Great Depression. There were challenges at home, which were amplified

by the Great Depression. There were challenges of empire, as discussions began to occur about

what the long-term future of the empire would be. And then there were challenges faced in

British foreign policy and in military preparedness. But as always, our story starts with the

First World War. The British had won the First World War, along with their allies, but the conflict had put a new level of strain on British society.

Before the entry of the Americans into the conflict in 1917, the British were quite simply running out of money,

after using both their reserves and their reputation to bankroll the Allied War effort for the first

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