*spits beer on keyboard* UK home defense

[Byron Quick]

I don't think fixing problems revealed by WWII was one of the driving factors. After all, one of the big problems revealed by WWII was that Britain didn't have enough firearms.

 

[Mk VII]

the 'big problem' was that two world wars within a single generation separated by a depression had bankrupted the Treasury. We finished WW2 bankrupt, exhausted, and a pensioner of the United States.

 

[shermacman]

You mean that you, as a country, decided to become a pensioner of the US. Much as you, as a country, decided to leave yourselves dependent on the US for your military security.

 

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