How Britain Bankrupted India To Fund World War II (The Sterling Scandal)
Published December 16, 2025
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We are often taught that the British Empire was the "Arsenal of Democracy." We are rarely told who paid for it. During World War II, Britain ran out of money. To keep fighting, they didn't just borrow from the United States (Lend-Lease); they executed a massive financial extraction from India known as the Sterling Bal…
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