The outbreak of World War II changed the pattern of the world, many powerful countries fell, and some inconspicuous countries rose to become world powers, as far as today, Britain may not be included in the list of great powers, just a small follow-up of the United States, but in the nineteenth century, or earlier, in the long hundred years, Britain was known as the Empire of the Sun, is a well-deserved world hegemon, the British army like a bandit crazy wreaks havoc on European countries, everywhere is the British colony, at its peak, the colonial area reached more than thirty million square kilometers, The population reached 420 million, a quarter of the world's population at that time.
Among the many British colonies, India is the most brilliant pearl, is the largest overseas colony of Britain at that time, whether it is political or economic accounted for a very heavy proportion of Britain, Britain in the rule of India for hundreds of years, constantly devouring India's resources, India's total economic volume reached forty percent of the British economy, once Churchill said that if you lose India, Britain is not a strong country, which shows the importance of India to Britain.
But the world pattern is constantly changing, the former armed occupation is no longer the main strategy of world development, after the end of world war II, Britain suffered a serious blow, declining day by day, once those colonies have protested, demanding independence, at this time Britain has no more energy to resist these colonies, had to indulge their independence. India, the most brilliant colony, also launched a war of independence, and finally under the non-violent non-cooperation and hunger strike of Mahatma Gandhi, the British finally succumbed and let India become independent.
Many people do not understand that India is very important to Britain, although Britain suffered heavy losses after the war, but the number of troops in the colonies is still as high as five million, such a force to resist India is enough, but why did the British just face Gandhi's hunger strike and give up India? Britain's former fame also collapsed after World War II, and the colonies revolted with armed uprisings, setting off a wave of independence.
In order to save India, the British once trained a force of more than two million Indian troops. Churchill was pleased with the performance of this force in the rework of the Japanese army in South Asia, but after the end of World War II, the unit did not want to be colonized anymore, joined the Indian radicals, challenged the British, and made Churchill feel in crisis. Britain also needed to face pressure on the International Hill, and Roosevelt once stated that the United States joined World War II not to fight for the existence of the British Empire, but for the liberation and freedom of the entire international, and repeatedly urged him to take a stand on the Indian issue.
The emergence of Gandhi has accelerated the awakening of the Indian people's self-consciousness, and under Gandhi's non-violent and non-cooperative anti-British ideas, the Indian people have taken up arms and stood up. Gandhi had a great weight in the hearts of Indians, and his hunger strike intensified the inner defenses of the Indian people and gave the Indian people spiritual inspiration, and eventually the British had no choice but to abandon India. But Gandhi's hunger strike was not primarily about destroying British power, but about changing the world order as a result of World War II.