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On Tue, 9 Sep 2025 11:10:22 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> The war cost somewhere between 8 and 10 million lives overall, of which
> precisely 54,000 were in fact from the USA. Always a day late and a
> dollar short.

Definitely not a dollar short.

https://ehs.org.uk/the-uks-unpaid-war-debts-to-the-united-
states-1917-1980/

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-30306579

"George Osborne said: "This is a moment for Britain to be proud of. We 
can, at last, pay off the debts Britain incurred to fight the First World 
War."

Dated 3 December 2014.  

Then in the WWII era Roosevelt did an end run around the Neutrality Act 
with 'Cash and Carry'. When Britain ran out of cash, it became 'Lend-
Lease' and all attempts to maintain the facade of neutrality were dropped. 
After the war the lend lease material was sold off at about a 90% discount 
and the Anglo-American Load kept Britain afloat. It only took about 60 
years to pay that one off.

How many million live would have been saved if the US didn't send materiel 
and money? WWI may have been as short and sweet as everyone thought it 
would be.