I used to angrily tell my student how Britain helped exacerbate the Irish Famine that happened 170 years ago. Can you imagine people starving in the 1840s?! Well, the US/UK are helping Israel starve Palestinians in Gaza. People are literally slimming down and it shows on their faces.
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The British are known for deliberately causing famines they caused one in India, also britannica.com/topic/Bengal-…
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Wow

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If you google "famines caused by the British empire" the results don't even fit in one screenshot
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Wow that’s like a couple of years ago
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Madhusree Mukerjee’s book Churchill’s Secret War is very good on the Bengal famine. A member of Churchill’s cabinet even compared him to Hitler over it. A military chief wanted to use 1/10 of his ships for famine relief; Churchill cut his ships by 1/10. worldcat.org/title/Churchill…

Churchill's secret war : the British empire and the ravaging of India during World War II |...

Examines Winston Churchill's efforts to defeat the freedom movement in India during World War II, comparing his actions in Europe to the decisions he made between 1940 and 1944, which resulted in the

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