hipper
Banned
It's noteworthy that with the largest empire the world had ever seen, that Britain was essentially broke by 1941. What's the point in having all the wheat fields of Canada, coal mines of Australia, rubber and tin of Malaya, textile mills and manpower of India, etc, etc. with almost 20% of the world's GDP, if you can't fight a two year war without blowing the bank?
How did Britain pay for the 100 years war, or the Napoleonic Wars?
Income tax
The issue was the existence of America and its resources. the best way for the UK to win the War was to add the resources of the United States to The UK If the USA had not existed then the UK would have used its own resources