And the amount of money they had to pay the US.

It was only recently (maybe the last few years) that the UK finished paying
off the dept to the US, with an enormous amount of interest. Still, not
important, just food for thought.


"Goomba38" > wrote in message
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> One apparently reason is that younger European generations don't have
> first hand memories of the time American's stepped in during WW2 and
> helped them during or after the war.