WWII Debt

The UK has now cleared it's debt, in relation to WWII, owed to the USA and Canada.

It's not too bad, we only had to pay back twice the original amount. Very favourable interest rates.

We didn't HAVE to pay most of it back, we chose to, unlike the Australians, who still haven't coughed up for the Sydney Harbour Bridge!

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Originally Posted by Agrajag

The UK has now cleared it's debt, in relation to WWII, owed to the USA and Canada.

It's not too bad, we only had to pay back twice the original amount. Very favourable interest rates.

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Thanks, awfully.

Don't know that there are any others who bothered; France, for example...:whistling

Oh, right.

That was just lives, not materiel.

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Originally Posted by j2k4

Don't know that there are any others who bothered; France, for example...:whistling

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I wouldn't swear to this, but I think you'll find the US offered to forgive the war debt, the UK turned them down and chose to pay, maybe the French, if they had a debt, chose to take the US up on the offer.

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Originally Posted by Ava Estelle

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Originally Posted by j2k4

Don't know that there are any others who bothered; France, for example...:whistling

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I wouldn't swear to this, but I think you'll find the US offered to forgive the war debt, the UK turned them down and chose to pay, maybe the French, if they had a debt, chose to take the US up on the offer.

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I wouldn't doubt either scenario.

The Brits have always been stand-up, the French, not so much.

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Originally Posted by Ava Estelle

I wouldn't swear to this, but I think you'll find the US offered to forgive the war debt, the UK turned them down and chose to pay

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They probably didn't want to have to listen to American tourists making comments about "bailing your asses out" for the next millennium :naughty: ;)

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Originally Posted by Agrajag

The UK has now cleared it's debt, in relation to WWII, owed to the USA and Canada.

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Canada says "Thank you."

:shuriken:

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Originally Posted by vidcc

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Originally Posted by Ava Estelle

I wouldn't swear to this, but I think you'll find the US offered to forgive the war debt, the UK turned them down and chose to pay

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They probably didn't want to have to listen to American tourists making comments about "bailing your asses out" for the next millennium :naughty: ;)

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Unfortunately we still had to tho'. :O:shutup:

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Originally Posted by MagicNakor

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Originally Posted by Agrajag

The UK has now cleared it's debt, in relation to WWII, owed to the USA and Canada.

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Canada says "Thank you."

:shuriken:

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As ever a pleasure doing business with you.

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Originally Posted by vidcc

They probably didn't want to have to listen to American tourists making comments about "bailing your asses out" for the next millennium :naughty: ;)

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As opposed to 'saving your asses', and 'you'd all be talking German'?