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This is a timeline project from 1945, exploring what could have been the transition from the British Empire and Commonwealth to the Commonwealth. It explores the evolution of the Commonwealth transitioning not into independent countries as it is today, but into a supranational government. Obviously this works with a few assumptions being made, but I would welcome constructive feedback.


My Lords, Ladies, and Gentleman. Today we look back and reflect on the history of Her Majesty’s Commonwealth and the chain of events that have led to its restoration. Many of our former colleagues though that after the Second World War that the British Empire would not last, or rather with the strength of the British economy combined with external pressure would prohibit the retention of the Empire, and diminished ties with Her Majesty’s Dominions and colonies, thankfully that did not come to pass. Let us examine history, and be thankful for what has come to pass.




1945

  • August 14- Emperor Hirohito accepts terms of Potsdam Declaration
  • August 15- V-J Day
  • August 17- Indonesian nationalists declare Indonesian independence
  • September, British Commonwealth troops land in Java (Indonesia) to accept Japanese surrender
  • September 20- Mohandas Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru demand that all British troops leave India
  • September 30- United Kingdom starts negotiations with the Republic of China regarding the New Territories of Hong Kong
  • October 24- International Court of Justice is established by the United Nations Charter
  • October 30- King George declares that a British Commonwealth Conference will be held within six months and that colonial leaders and Dominion government representatives must be in attendance. He believes, or perhaps The Princess Elizabeth persuaded him, that while the Empire and Commonwealth must continue, that its form must change to survive.
  • October 30- undivided India joins the United Nations
  • November 20- Nuremberg Trials start
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