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The Bankruptcy of Britain: The Secret Bill for WWII

We are taught that Britain "won" World War II. Financially, they lost everything.

While the history books focus on the victory in 1945, they rarely mention the secret economic collapse that followed. On December 31, 2006—more than 60 years after the war ended—the British government quietly made a final wire transfer of $83 million to the United States.

This was the last installment of the Anglo-American Loan, a desperate $4.33 billion lifeline negotiated by John Maynard Keynes to save a bankrupt nation from starvation.

The "Special Relationship" wasn't free. The abrupt end of Lend-Lease, the forced convertibility of the Sterling, and the "dollar gap" destroyed the British Empire's financial dominance and ushered in decades of austerity.

In this video, we breakdown:

The "Financial Dunkirk": Why Britain was technically insolvent in 1945 (with debt over 200% of GDP).
The 2006 Secret: Why it took six decades for the UK to finally pay off its war debt to the US and Canada.
The Keynes Failure: How the legendary economist tried (and failed) to get a grant, settling for a loan with "strings attached" that crushed the Pound.
The End of Empire: How this specific debt forced Britain to liquidate its global assets and hand the "Reserve Currency" crown to the Dollar.

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