The wartime net losses in British national wealth amounted to 18.6% (£4.595 billion) of the pre-war wealth (£24.68 billion), at 1938 prices.

25 июн. 2019 г. · At the start of the Second World War in 1939, the United Kingdom was importing 20,000,000 long tons of food per year, including about 70% of its ...

The British Empire increased the wealth and prestige of Britain from 1600. When the colonies became a drain on British resources, Britain grew weary of the ...

During the Second World War Britain was transformed from a predominantly free-market economy into a centrally managed economy as it moved from a peacetime ...

The standard account may overlook the fact that British planners were also able to draw on the inheritance of an unusually strong liberal market economy and ...

11 сент. 2020 г. · In fact, Britain's economic growth in the postwar years was good by national standards, but it was still disappointing when measured against the ...

Britain did not trade exclusively with the United States, and the exports of some of its other partners had been rendered much more competitive by the wartime ...

Although Britain had won the war, it led to major short-term economic issues, as many ships that transported goods had been sunk.

Britain's economic position was severely weakened by World War Two. After World War Two, Britain's Debt:GDP had risen from 110% to 240%.