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How The U.S. Bankrupted the British Empire - The Secret Bill for WWII

On December 29, 2006, Britain made its final payment on a 61-year-old debt. It was the receipt for an empire. This is the story of how one loan transferred global power from London to Washington forever. On December 29, 2006, Britain made its final payment on a 61-year-old debt. $83 million sent to Washington. The last installment on a loan signed in 1945. It was the receipt for an empire. History teaches us that the British Empire fell to independence movements and changing attitudes about colonialism. But the ledger tells a different story. The British Empire wasn't defeated. It was foreclosed upon. In this documentary, we trace the hidden financial collapse behind Britain's fall from superpower to debtor nation: KEY FACTS COVERED: $3.75 billion - The 1945 Anglo-American Loan $31 billion - Total Lend-Lease aid to Britain 55% - British GDP devoted to war production in 1944 £14 billion - British debt to its own colonies 6 times - Britain suspended loan payments 61 years - How long it took to pay off $83 million - The final payment in 2006 "Anglo-American Loan Agreement" - UK National Archives "The Economic Consequences of Mr. Churchill" - John Maynard Keynes "Britain Alone" - Philip Stephens UK Treasury Hansard Records (2002, 2006) IMF Historical Archives - Suez Crisis 1956 Subscribe for more untold stories of economic collapse. #britishempire #EconomicHistory #WWII #Documentary #HistoryDocumentary #BritishHistory #EmpireCollapse #MoneyHistory #FinancialHistory #WinstonChurchill #Keynes #AmericanHistory #UKHistory #EconomicCollapse #DebtCrisis