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There is no unfairness to fume about.

The value of Lend-Lease to Britain was three times that to the Soviet Union.

That Britain “mortgaged the empire” in the destroyers for bases deal (which predated Lend-Lease) is pure fantasy. Britain gave the US 99-year leases to a few bases in the Caribbean.

The only portion of Lend-Lease that Britain paid back was a small portion the British elected to take after the war was over. Just like the USSR, they paid nothing for the aid they received during the war. The post-war aid was given on better-than-market terms, which is why they were able to pay it back over 50 years.

McMeekin cannot be trusted.

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