At its peak in 1921, the Empire contained a quarter of the world's land area (with emphasis on Australia and Canada) and more than a fourth of the world's population (with emphasis on India). Imperialists often boasted, "The sun never set on the British Empire," for it included parts of every continent. The Empire was held together by a highly professional bureaucracy based in London, and by the world's most powerful navy, the Royal Navy, which enlarged its power by creating naval bases and coaling stations in many of the colonies. It was the largest seaborne empire in history, and the largest in terms of land area (though the Mongol Empire was the largest in terms of contiguous - unbroken by sea - land area).<ref>http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_was_the_largest_empire_in_history</ref>
During the time of the British Empire, around $45 trillion was looted from India alone, over the period of 200 years. <ref>https://www.businesstoday.in/current/economy-politics/this-economist-says-britain-took-away-usd-45-trillion-from-india-in-173-years/story/292352.html</ref> Additionally, the British perpetrated atrocities against many others such as the Boer people of South Africa during the Second Boer War(1899-1902) and Kenyans during the Mau Mau Uprising(1951-1960). <ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/worst-atrocities-british-empire-amritsar-boer-war-concentration-camp-mau-mau-a6821756.html</ref> When [[PragerU]] defended the British Empire,<ref>https://www.prageru.com/video/if-you-live-in-freedom-thank-the-british-empire/</ref> they were debunked by various other channels, which includes the "Sham Sharma Show", a conservative Youtube channel.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFMG1vmVkTo</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtNLVPxR67U</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HurC8aTsVCE</ref>
==History==