And late 1700s
The UK was solidly number 1
late 1700s england still owned the us
so it doesnt count
france was also in heavy debt from losing a world war
true; in fact that's one reason WWII lasted as long as it did. instead of calling all her forces back to Britian to push back the germans, they instead tried holding their empire
france was a very slow adopter of industrialization though
britain did jack shit to hold their empire
i dunno what youre talking about
within the first hours of the war
the entire british force in the pacific theater got crushed
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the british did jack shit in africa
save north africa
where they suffered a constant string of losses retreating back to egypt
they didn't return home either
where they finally won something
they couldnt return home
their entire navy got ganked
they spread their forces too thin
their entire army got ganked
351, 527 million (1990) USD GDP for the British empire in 1890, 126,172 million (1990) USD GDP
and got their asses kicked everwhere
the only thing they had left were shitty colonial troops in india
For Germany
rather than call everyone home
unlike the americans
the english army sucked dick
The UK in 1890 had an economy twice that of Germany
america held the philippines for many months
It beat Germany and the US combined
despite the brunt of japanese military attention
well the american marines got their asses handed to them in africa
the british surrendered a far better armed force
in days
fucking days
and virtually anywhere they went during the early part of the war
americans suffered a defeat in north africa
but that didnt annihlate their forces
