Why did Britain gradually lose its world hegemony after World War II?

1. The domestic market in the United States is unified and broad, with abundant resources. A large number of immigrants not only brought rich labor force, but also brought rich production technology. Therefore, in the second industrial revolution, we can rapidly develop our own economic and military strength.

2. As the colonial hegemon in the world at that time, Britain had a small domestic market and lacked resources. In the second industrial revolution, capitalists were more willing to invest their capital in overseas colonies than in the domestic market, which led to insufficient funds for domestic production reform and further hindered the British industrial revolution.

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During World War II, the anti-fascist alliance, the Soviet Union, the United States, Britain, France and China reached a series of agreements and understandings on maintaining post-war world peace and promoting world economic development through a series of international conferences such as the Atlantic Conference, Cairo Conference, Tehran Conference, Yalta Conference, Potsdam Conference and Dumbarton Oak Park Conference, and established an international system for maintaining post-war world order.

World War II promoted the establishment of an international system centered on the United Nations. According to the agreement of Yalta Conference, the United Nations was established on 1945 10/24 October, and China, the United States, the Soviet Union, Britain and France became permanent members of the Security Council.

Since 1948, the Security Council has authorized more than 60 peacekeeping operations. From the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons to the peaceful use of outer space, the United Nations has formulated hundreds of international treaties.

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