At the time the great European powers were all in a race to take the most land (and Britain won). Britain also had the best navy and could project power. Britain won some wars against European nations and took their colonies. During that time the "United Kingdom" for formed. And Company Raj (Company Rule) with the East India Company in India made Britain more and more wealthy. After all, if you control much of the world you can get very rich and control much of the trade. Britain also had a lot of Soft Power in addition to its hard power (the military).
The answer to the fill in the blank is Saddam Hussain.
<span>In august 1990, Iraqi leader Saddam Hussain seized control of Kuwait. </span>
The pretext for the invasion was Saddam's insistence that many rich oil fields in Kuwait were actually part of Iraq.
This culminated in the First Gulf War, in which the United States lead a coalition government to invade Kuwait and push back Iraqi forces.
Within a matter of days, the Iraqi Army had completely withdrawn.
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The United Kingdom allowed Germany to take over part of Czechoslovakia, but it came to Poland's defense when Germany invaded.
