The Third Political Superpower No One Ever Talked About (Post-WWII Era)

                   The Third Political Superpower No One Ever Talked About (Post-WWII Era)

  When people think of the Cold War, many will say it was a war between Democracy and Communism. They will also say it was between the United States of America and the United Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). Not many people however realize there was actually a third political superpower during that time, but only for a short time. During September 1st, 1939, Great Britain took action against the invasion of Poland by the Third German Reich. By 1940 France, a empire who was said to be one of the most feared of nations was beaten in less than 2 months. This broke the French and the colonies they had acquired through the centuries. Great Britain though held firm and would "Never Surrender", and they did exactly that. After WWII officially ended, peace officially rose over the horizon, but tensions rose again.

  The Soviet Union occupied Almost all of Eastern Europe (all but the Greek Republic), and a "Iron Curtain" was set upon Europe. The U.S. became a political superpower and so did the USSR and they battled to see who was the true superpower. Great Britain although in debt and weakened by the war, they were still meant to be feared. They were, for awhile the biggest empire in history but, this time they would crumble. Great Britain until 1953 was still a world power because it had enough industry and resources to compete with both the US and USSR. Due to a series of events and the "Decolonization" policy that took place in the empire, the empire was rapidly losing land in Africa, as well as Australia and North America. In 1947 India gained independence from the empire and the British suffered heavily for it and lost many resources from that event. One can only wonder what it would of been like if Great Britain managed took keep most if not some of the land it had before WWII, but in any case it would of happened regardless.

Great Britain still being a superpower would have been beneficial to the US, but many can't speculate what tension would have rose because of Great Britain still being involved. Regardless, the sun had finally set on the British Empire.