Who picks up the peices of a collapsed British empire?

In reference to to this thread (https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/complete-destruction-of-the-british-empire.465265/), we established that it is possible to completely bring down the British empire. But then there is something else. Who picks up the peices? Here are some thing's I figured out.

Spain gets Gibraltar.

France gets all the west African territories and integrates them into French west Africa. France also gets the Channel Islands.

Netherlands gets Malaysia and Brunei and incorporates them into Indonesia.

Germany may get Kenya and Uganda and incorporate them into German east Africa

Italy gets British Somaliland

The United States gets all former British new world territories

Greece gets Cyprus

Thoughts or criticisms?
 
France also gets the Channel Islands.

The Channel Islands are not colonies and derive their loyalty to the Crown from a different arrangement. For all intents and purposes they're basically independent countries which just happen to share a lot of services with the UK.

The United States gets all former British new world territories

Not quite - most likely Canada would assume control over them (as indeed had been floated around as a suggestion during the WW1 period and in the case of some individual colonies even prior to WW1). Even in a pre-Statute of Westminster arrangement the Canadian Constitution is flexible enough to accommodate at least the Caribbean and North Atlantic territories.

Greece gets Cyprus

Οχι. Most likely Cyprus becomes independent, under French control, or part of the Republic of Turkey (with strong guarantees for the continued operation of the Church of Cyprus).
 
The Channel Islands are not colonies and derive their loyalty to the Crown from a different arrangement. For all intents and purposes they're basically independent countries which just happen to share a lot of services with the UK.



Not quite - most likely Canada would assume control over them (as indeed had been floated around as a suggestion during the WW1 period and in the case of some individual colonies even prior to WW1). Even in a pre-Statute of Westminster arrangement the Canadian Constitution is flexible enough to accommodate at least the Caribbean and North Atlantic territories.



Οχι. Most likely Cyprus becomes independent, under French control, or part of the Republic of Turkey (with strong guarantees for the continued operation of the Church of Cyprus).
Keep in mind, this is under a situation where British empire doesn't just loose, but looses catestrophically and its entire empire is stripped away. Its likely as punishment France may annex the channel islands. As for the Carribbean, maybe if the us doesn't already annex Canada.
 
Even if the US doesn’t annex Canada they’re going to be virtually puppets because of how under populated they were compared to the US and how they would be dependent on us to defend them.
 
Οχι. Most likely Cyprus becomes independent, under French control, or part of the Republic of Turkey (with strong guarantees for the continued operation of the Church of Cyprus).

Independent seems most likely if it isn’t Turkey setting the peace treaty, no European power would hand over the Greek Cypriots in this era. On the other hand, a partition of the island could work.
 
Keep in mind, this is under a situation where British empire doesn't just loose, but looses catestrophically and its entire empire is stripped away. Its likely as punishment France may annex the channel islands. As for the Carribbean, maybe if the us doesn't already annex Canada.

But the Channel Islands were never part of the British Empire to begin with (nor, for that matter, are the Channel Islands part of the UK; technically they form separate countries, with Alderney and Sark as autonomous parts of Guernsey); that's what I'm trying to tell you. Even in the face of a catastrophic loss by Britain, I don't see the Channel Islands just handed over like that considering that they were already de facto independent and it's only by convention that it shares services with the UK and all that. In the case of a catastrophic loss then the Channel Islands would just band together to form a common independent foreign affairs and defence policy for the two countries without them needing the protection of an outside power.
 
Keep in mind, this is under a situation where British empire doesn't just loose, but looses catestrophically and its entire empire is stripped away. Its likely as punishment France may annex the channel islands. As for the Carribbean, maybe if the us doesn't already annex Canada.

So? Unless they invade Canada why would Canada give up it's sovereignty?

EDIT: Sorry misread. Who's the coalition knocking the Empire down? That will probably dictate who get's what.

Canada might snatch something like Newfoundland (or NFL will go independent), Australia New Zealand might snag parts of the Pacific.
 
Would entirely depends on the wider world context. For example its very different in a collapse by "crushing CP victorious scenario" vs collapse by "mutual exhaustion peace" vs collapse via a "British civil war" scenarios.
 
In reference to to this thread (https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/complete-destruction-of-the-british-empire.465265/), we established that it is possible to completely bring down the British empire. But then there is something else. Who picks up the peices? Here are some thing's I figured out.

Spain gets Gibraltar.

France gets all the west African territories and integrates them into French west Africa. France also gets the Channel Islands.

Netherlands gets Malaysia and Brunei and incorporates them into Indonesia.

Germany may get Kenya and Uganda and incorporate them into German east Africa

Italy gets British Somaliland

The United States gets all former British new world territories

Greece gets Cyprus

Thoughts or criticisms?

OTL it was the United States
 
Ah. So, maybe we would see an independent Channel Islands? Anyhow, I guess this does depend on how it happens. For now, lets say it happens either via a Franco-German coalition that happens with an alternate German unification that doesn't snag Alcase Lorraine and piss off France, or a CP victory with a central powers America
 
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