Going Solo, Ronald Dahl's memoir of his work in East Africa and his service in the RAF, covers much of the buildup to World War II. In the book mention is made of the British Empire. The British Empire plays a large role in the memoir. Dahl says about the British empire that "Please don’t forget that in the 1930s the British Empire was very much still the British Empire, the men and women who kept it going were a race of people you never encountered."(Dahl p.1). In fact, the British Empire is important because he fought with them in WWII, it was a big part of history, and he lived there for most of his life.
First, he fights with them in WWII. This is mentioned many times throughout the book because Dahl fights with R.A.F. For instance, Dahl says," We are at war with Germany"(Dahl p.65). Also, they didn’t have a lot of enemies because "They took 90% of the world" (Britannica.com). This means they would have lots of different cultures. This leads to the fact that this empire could be a bigger thing. This leads to my second reason; the British Empire was important because it was a big part of history.
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In the 20th century the British empire was the biggest empire ever. As Dahl mentions from time to time throughout the book he goes to different countries, however, he doesn’t really have to fight because most of it is there territory. "More English than the English, more Scottish than the Scotts, they were craziest bunch of humans I shall ever meet. For one thing they spoke a language of their own"(Dahl p. 3). This also shows that there was a huge diversity in this empire. The next reason this topic is important is that Dahl lived there most of his