"Better off" is no consolation when your country is being rolled over by a more powerful adversary. The British were richer than the Germans in 1940. That didn

"Better off" is no consolation when your country is being rolled over by a more powerful adversary. The British were richer than the Germans in 1940. That didn't prevent Dunkirk. The Americans and British were richer than the Japanese in 1941. That didn't prevent Pearl Harbor, Manila, Hong Kong, Singapore, etc.