HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoIt's almost like a colonial power intentionally divided the region so they'll be focused on infighting instead of competing with said colonial powerlemmy.mlimagemessage-square27linkfedilinkarrow-up1308arrow-down120
arrow-up1288arrow-down1imageIt's almost like a colonial power intentionally divided the region so they'll be focused on infighting instead of competing with said colonial powerlemmy.mlHiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square27linkfedilink
minus-squareBigfishbest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoThe Empire podcast goes quite deep into some of the issues and roots of partition. It was very clear that the English wanted out ASAP. One reason was the sectarian violence they could no longer contain.
minus-squarecolourlessidea@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·1 year agoSectarian violence that was fostered by the British thanks to their ‘divide and rule’ strategy.
The Empire podcast goes quite deep into some of the issues and roots of partition. It was very clear that the English wanted out ASAP. One reason was the sectarian violence they could no longer contain.
Sectarian violence that was fostered by the British thanks to their ‘divide and rule’ strategy.