Chương 1256: Chapter 926: The Economy Surges Forward_2

This was an unavoidable issue, as the United Kingdom had not made adequate preparations for war beforehand, and naturally, they would need to manufacture more weapons and equipment.

Moreover, the United Kingdom also possessed an extremely large navy. Although the navy provided an unparalleled sense of security to the British mainland, the cost of deploying these forces was also extremely large.

If the British hadn't occupied half of the Persian Gulf, just the cost of petroleum alone would have increased the United Kingdom's financial expenditures by another ten percent.

At least the British mainland had not been occupied by the Germans, despite being bombed multiple times by Germany.

In France, over one-third of the territory, including the capital city of Paris, was occupied by Germany.