This is a question has been bothering me as someone who’s country was colonized by the British Empire. We were taught about it in schools and how it lost power over time but never how the USA came to take its place especially over such a short compared to the British Empire.
Because that was the deal for them to choose sides during WW2, now they’re at the end of that deal.
The UK just about lost and probably would have if the US didn’t get fully involved, and the big kid on the block need help and then the helper became the leader.
Which country is next, every empire collapses.