Saturday, January 20, 2024

King George V Death Anniversary

 

George V, who passed away on 20 January 1936, was the was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death.

George's reign saw the rise of socialism, communism, fascism, Irish republicanism, and the Indian independence movement, all of which radically changed the political landscape of the British Empire, which itself reached its territorial peak by the beginning of the 1920s.

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