No justice: 75 years after a British massacre in colonial Malaya. British soldiers killed 24 innocent people in the opening months of the 'Malayan Emergency' in 1948.

The British, who find glorious words for both victories and defeats, have an expression for their retreat from imperialism. They call it “creative abdication.” In Malaya, Britain’s rubber ...

The British colonial regime in India was heavily dependent on the Indian Army. The Indian Army that had been used by Britain during World War II fought in Ethiopia against the Italian Army, in Egypt, ...

The British Colonial has a rich history that dates back to 1901, when railroad and oil tycoon Henry Flagler built the original hotel. It has flown several flags since, most recently that of Hilton ...

King Charles III stopped short of apologising for “unjustifiable” British colonial violence when he visited Kenya in October. A new book by the historian Stacey Hynd shows the depth of British ...

It lives on in court cases, including one brought in 2019 by indigenous people of the Chagos Islands, whom the British colonial government forcibly relocated in 1965-73 (with American support).

It was anti-colonial in that it was those who joined the movement, and they took an oath of allegiance, and nearly 1.5 million Kikuyu, the British government estimated, about 90% took what was ...

Malaya. British army counterinsurgency learning during the Malayan emergency, 1948-1951 -- The empire strikes back: British army counterinsurgency in Malaya, 1952-1957 -- pt. 3. Vietnam. The U.S ...

From Northern Ireland to Kenya to Malaya, Queen Elizabeth II oversaw violence during her reign across the shrinking British Empire ...

The British Empire isn’t ancient history; it was still a huge power in the 20th century. Can you give us a sense of what that empire was like? The British Empire was the largest in history.