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Old 6th Jan 2014, 12:32
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There is a second pair of Graves in Buxton, NC.....for Two Crew Members of a British Tanker Crew.


British Cemetery on U.S. Soil #2, Buxton, North Carolina

A couple of years ago I posted about these two cemeteries and noted the flag at the Ocracoke site was weather worn and needed replacing but the Annual visit was not going to be for some time and offered to pass one along to the Coast Guardsmen that volunteer to maintain the Cemetery should someone send one to me.


It is a good thing that we still show our Respect to those who were killed.







I would suggest it wasn't Lend Lease that bankrupted the UK but rather the fact you had gotten involved in maintaining an Empire around the World, had invested heavily in the "Southern UK" of Australia, New Zealand, South Africa,Singapore, Hong Kong, and other areas. Then when the Germans got up to their antics.....you had to spend fortunes building up your own forces and defenses. That combined with the costs of fighting a War then losing one Colony after another and the income from those places.....you found yourself in a situation that just would not work.

Throw in the Labour Party and its Progressive Agenda at the end of the War and the devastation it caused.....nope it wasn't Lend Lease that got you.

Remember that at the end of the War....Great Britain owed something like 4.2 Billion Dollars to other Nations (Plural.....more than the USA you notice) and at that time the USA loaned Great Britain 4.2 Billion Dollars at a 2% Interest Rate, and Canada loaned another 1.25 Billion.

When the Empire crashed.....there was bound to be catastrophe for the Economy in the UK....you went from being a Super Power to being just another small Island Nation on the edge of Europe with all that portends.

The Economic downfall of the UK was the collapse of the Empire, having fought both a European War, a War in Asia, and campaigns trying to maintain an Empire, and allowing Socialists to take over government.

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