HIST 2376 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: The Famine, Scorched Earth, National Trauma
15 Nov 2018
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Key terms: battle of britain, bengal famine of 1943, fall of singapore, mau mau, partition of india, statute of westminster, the troubles. British cities: known at the blitz - september of 1940-june 1941, wanted to break the british will to keep fighting, no military purpose, just meant to demoralize britain, 50,000 civilians killed throughout the blitz. Instead of making the british want to drop out, it hardened their resolve for the war: bolstered british national identity. Famine in india: the famine of 1943 was caused by the british taking a scorched earth approach as the. The rest of the empire: the colony of the gold coast (ghana, kwame nkrumah was the postcolonial leader. India: when the indian public opinion became unanimous that they were done with the. In 1945 britain was in no position to try and hold onto india by force.
