The Aging Empires

The Aging Empires is the name of the third scenario in which the United Kingdom and France unite. This scenario starts right after the Suez Crisis of 1956. The international pressure and embarrassment caused by the crisis makes the two nations realise that their empires are crumbling and they are slowly becoming secondary powers to the United States of America. In an attempt to save their crumbling empires and act as a Third Pillar during the Cold War, France proposes that the two nations should combine their empires into one, the Franco-British Empire. This is accepted by the United Kingdom and so the Franco-British Empire is formed.