now shall we start billing the yanks for rent? back-pay for airfields and the like not to mention whats still here ;)

odd that it was 54m though seems like peanuts when paying a debt off doesn't it? (country wise) but there we go.
pete

The Russians would still have won properly by 1946. ;)

that is negligable compared to the debt the US has. national economies are a just a bit dodgy that way. you can owe lots but it doesnt matter as long as the economy can hold it. Britain may be in debt but compared to unstable economies like zimbabwe our financial 'troubles' are trife.

this latest payment of £45 million is the last of 80 or so.

nb, the us offered to write off the debt years ago the other countries under the land-lease scheme accepted, Britain refused and payed off the full debt on principle.

Yey only like £400 billion to go.......... ;)

And about WWI and WWII:

"The Americans will always do the right thing...after they've exhausted all the alternatives." - Winston Churchill

And in WWII thanks for giving us the tools to finish the job :up:

Oh-hoooo!!


*cough*Radar*cough*Asdic*cough*Convoy System*cough*HF/DF

Anyone remember that uhh..great American success? What was it called? Uhh..

Paukenschlag, was it? ;)

:arrgh!: :arrgh!: :arrgh!:

Imagine if all the debts for all the wars were dropped... just canceled out ...
No more holding war debt over any country.
What would be the economic result?

:hmm:

Well, all the countries who loaned out money would be that much poorer (or at least that much less rich).

Yep, and they could forget any loans in the future, too.