Fighting in both the world wars ensured the UK was no longer a great power, he wrote: “We impoverished ourselves for decades, we didn’t finish paying the loans off to America until 2006. “Alternative history is interesting; if Britain had not fought in WW1 and WW2, it would not have had to rely on America for economic support, and it would have had the independence to act accordingly. That would have been a heck of a meeting between Churchill, the Queen and Hitler discussing just how neutral the UK would be after Germany won the war.
Author: The Guardian
Published at: 2025-08-17 22:12:58
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