"...brutal"

The subject of the graphic novel "The Ministry of Space' came up on another page. I gave an outline of the series, and then collected book.
Specifically the Brits steal gold taken from the mouths of murdered Jews as well as their plundered wealth. This from the defeated Nazi's. This is what they use for their space program, and their post-war prosperity.
No rationing, and bleak 1950's as the Brits have a post war boom as wealthy as the U.S. The seed money for which was massive amounts of re-stolen blood money.

They later shut out the Yanks by beating them to then claiming, and colonizing all of the Moon, and Mars.

The Yanks eventually find out about the Holocaust money. How the British financed their boom, and space race. They gathered 'vivid' proof, and black mailed the Brit Empire.

Yanks want a piece of the Moon, and Mars or they release everything to the world. This would effectively end the renewed Empire. Which btw practices Apartheid,...."nasty twist" indeed.
I only spill the beans w/spoilers because as far as I know this graphic novel is for now out of print.

(...it's come, and gone over the years.)

Still it's an interesting if brutal concept.