Acheson: Britain 'has lost an empire'
1962 · Event
At West Point, Dean Acheson says Britain 'has lost an empire and has not yet found a role', provoking fury in London.
On these timelines: British Empire, United Kingdom (combined), Cold War, Master
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- Early English settlement of North America (1585)
- Victoria becomes Empress of India (1876)
- Equiano's Interesting Narrative (1789)
- Cecil Rhodes (1853)
- Morant Bay Rebellion (1865)
- London Declaration creates the modern Commonwealth (1949)
- Withdrawal from East of Suez (1968)
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- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Suez Crisis (1956)
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- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
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- Six-Day War (1967)