No WW2: Effect on British Empire?

Did Britain ever really fight a gruelling war to keep its colonies? Malaysia, I guess; but they won there. Nothing like Vietnam or Algeria seems to exist in the British mindset. Or am I wrong?

Well you did say Malaysia, and there were som fighting in kenya (Mau mau) and in south-yemen. But in gennerall they did not fight. The point i was trying to make (hurra for bad english) is that they did not fight, and the main reason for this is that they no longer wanted to fight. If you cant make them fight for Ireland, how are you going to get the people behind the idea "to fight and die to keep X British".

They could fight, and do so very well (Malaysia) but they need a reason.
One would need to regain atleast part of that mindsett that launched Napier`s Expedition to Abyssinia. Do that, and watch the British colonial conflicts blossom. A larger push for settler dominions and a form of new-jingoism could do it, but how do you make that happen?
 
Did Britain ever really fight a gruelling war to keep its colonies? Malaysia, I guess; but they won there. Nothing like Vietnam or Algeria seems to exist in the British mindset. Or am I wrong?

Not in our TL, but ITTL. It could very well happen.
 
Well you did say Malaysia, and there were som fighting in kenya (Mau mau) and in south-yemen. But in gennerall they did not fight. The point i was trying to make (hurra for bad english) is that they did not fight, and the main reason for this is that they no longer wanted to fight. If you cant make them fight for Ireland, how are you going to get the people behind the idea "to fight and die to keep X British".

They could fight, and do so very well (Malaysia) but they need a reason.
One would need to regain atleast part of that mindsett that launched Napier`s Expedition to Abyssinia. Do that, and watch the British colonial conflicts blossom. A larger push for settler dominions and a form of new-jingoism could do it, but how do you make that happen?

Well without WW2 the British may never have their hunger for war sapped.
 
WW1 did more than enough for that, why do you think they tried to apeas Hitler.

Touche, well ITTL there will be enough neo-imperialism to go around. If anyone is interested in finding out about the TL that its set in, just click on the link in my sig.
 
I would like to know, in the event that there was no World War Two, what would the British Empire have looked like in say 1960?

In this timeline,in 60s the Empire is still in excellent health.
India would probably get Dominion status in 50s or early 60s.
British Empire is for sure a global power.
Are Atomic weapons in this world?
In 60s,is probable,and the British Empire have for sure the bomb.
Is impossible said if in this timeline in 60s Prime Minister is a member of conservative or a labour party; maybe Eden,McMillan or Douglas-Home can be Prime minister in some part of decade.
Pop culture is very diffeent: nothing Beatles or Stones,nothing mini skirt (but maybe can be a 20s flapper short skirt revival),nothing long hairs.
Nothing baby boom in 40s is also probable.
 
In this timeline,in 60s the Empire is still in excellent health.
India would probably get Dominion status in 50s or early 60s.
British Empire is for sure a global power.
Are Atomic weapons in this world?
In 60s,is probable,and the British Empire have for sure the bomb.
Is impossible said if in this timeline in 60s Prime Minister is a member of conservative or a labour party; maybe Eden,McMillan or Douglas-Home can be Prime minister in some part of decade.
Pop culture is very diffeent: nothing Beatles or Stones,nothing mini skirt (but maybe can be a 20s flapper short skirt revival),nothing long hairs.
Nothing baby boom in 40s is also probable.
Its possible. Without World War Two there is less drive for the Atomic Bomb, although Szilard is payed by the Admiralty.
 
Eventually the Empire will have to break up. Like the American colonies of long ago, people in the empire would want a role in their own government, and it's hard to see how a parliament for the whole empire could be manageable. Hopefully things could develop in a more organized way than in OTL, though, so that there wasn't the mass rush to the exit that happened in the late 50s and early 60s.
 
What happens to von Braun? Does he go work for the British? The British Interplanetary Society would welcome him with open arms. But do they get funding?

The A4/V2 was the rocket that the space age was built on. No german V2, no american redstone, and no soviet sapwood.

Would the Empire be interested in AC Clarke's ideas for communication satellites? Connecting and talking to the various colonies was after all a big deal for them. If they're not racing, then they might take the time to do the job properly.
 
What happens to von Braun? Does he go work for the British? The British Interplanetary Society would welcome him with open arms. But do they get funding?

The A4/V2 was the rocket that the space age was built on. No german V2, no american redstone, and no soviet sapwood.

Would the Empire be interested in AC Clarke's ideas for communication satellites? Connecting and talking to the various colonies was after all a big deal for them. If they're not racing, then they might take the time to do the job properly.
No. German scientists remain in Germany. Szilard and some of the Jewish scientists in Europe leave for Britain and the United States. There is no Nazi Germany ITTL.
 
India would not want Dominion status. They would want to be completely independent. Dominion status is something they wanted and were denied years before WWII. Years. By the time the 40s roll around, India wanted independence. The longest dominion status would last may well be 1956, like Pakistan rather than 1950, but it will be temporary, as per OTL.
 
No WW2 will mean no British Technical and Scientific Mission, aka. Tizard Mission, to the US which gave away technological knowledge and research and development with a very high commercial value in exchange for support and assistance. With their industrial base not destroyed and no pressing need to get research done yesterday it'd be interesting to see how the technology race developed, rather than the US having it all you could see different countries taking the lead in different technologies.
 
I don't think that the Empire as a whole can be preserved in any real fashion after 1919. Although, it might be interesting to have the Malay states remaining under British control, direct or otherwise, to the present day.
 
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