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Your examples are strictly former colonies of Britain. This was not the case in Continental Europe where the British had no colonies.

By that logic Nazi Germany should also be credited for improving democracy around the world since its war with Britain, France, Netherlands and Belgium made them so weak post-WW2 that it allowed their former colonies to gain independence.

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French and Spanish colonies actually. Ironic since the French supported the American revolution to stick it to the British.

You're right, my bad

Nazi Germany definitely changed the world. They don't get "credit" for it because their goals were very different than the result and their methods were abhorrent, but their rise and fall is without a doubt one of the most significant events in world history.

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