BREAKING UP THE UK

“THE GOVERNMENT BECAME INCREASINGLY CONVINCED THAT THEY WERE DEALING WITH A REBEL ARMY AS OPPOSED TO A GANG OF MURDERERS”

The British Empire was at its zenith in 1921. Under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, Britain had acquired huge parts of the Middle East and Africa, but it was at this moment of its territorial peak that the world’s largest empire began to disintegrate. Although it was not obvious at the time, the direct