1. Britain's economic relationship with the empire before and after WW2 SANDAN

2. Before WW2: Colman ‘IN GENERAL THOUGH, THE 1920’S AND 1930’S SAW THE EMPIRE BECOME MORE TIGHT-KNIT ECONOMICALLY’ ‘LED TO RISE IN COLONIAL IMPORTS FROM 25% OF BIRTISH IMPORTS IN 1910-14 TO 40% IN 1939’ ‘THE FACT THAT BRITAIN WAS ONLY ABLE TO DO WELL IN SHELTERED IMPERIAL MARKETS WAS A TOKEN OF BRITAINS GENERAL ECONOMIC DECLINE AS A RESULT OF THE COST OF WW1’

3. POST WW2: Derrick Murphy ‘BRITAIN DISPOSED OF ABOUT 1,000,000,000 POUNDS AND LOST ITS PRE-WAR POSITION!!!!!!!!!!!!!11!!1!1!!!!1!11’ ‘UK NET OUTPUT GROWS BY 20%’ ‘BRITAIN HAD BECOME DEPENDANT ON AMERICAN LOANS TO KEEP FIGHTING’ ‘BRITAIN ACQUIRED $11.3 BILLION OF AMERICAN IN THE LEND-LEASE AGREEMENTS’

4. DECLINE IN TRADING ETC ‘SHIPPING LOSSES RESULTING FROM GERMAN U-BOATS ATTACKING ATLANTIC CONVOYS BRINGING FOOD AND MILITARY SUPPLIES TO BRITAIN FROM USA’