World War I ended . . . last Sunday!

[Bruce Wayne]

World War 1

Officially ends Sunday

 

[W4ASZ]

Officially ends Sunday

The link takes one elsewhere than you intended, I believe.

 

[Ed Bass]

The link takes one elsewhere than you intended, I believe.

Agree....linky no worky.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

try it now.

 

[Ed Bass]

Very interesting. A crippling penance, which only served to fuel another conflict. Be careful how hard you spank....

And the German people almost a century later are still burdened with this? When is enough, enough?

Best,
Toots

 

[W4ASZ]

Very good. They should've listened to Lord Keynes.

 

[Ed Bass]

They should've listened to Lord Keynes.

Indeed.

 

[Dewhurst]

Wow.

Well, it is what it is... Still a shocking number of lives lost, even 100 years later.

 

[HoundstoothLuke]

And the German people almost a century later are still burdened with this? When is enough, enough?

Best,
Toots

This weekend, apparently.

 

[Ed Bass]

This weekend, apparently.

lol

 

[filfoster]

Richard J. Evans' book, 'The Coming of the Third Reich' and Charles Bracelen Flood's "Hitler: The Path to Power" both essay how these reparations caused the German economy to tank, justified the French occupation of the Ruhr and therefore helped strangle the Weimar Republic in its cradle. These resentments, as this brief UK Telegraph article says, gave AH powerful arguments that his listeners wanted to hear.
The emotions of the times make the reparations understandable but oh, what unforseeable consequences. The money was certainly not worth it.

 

[dhermann1]

Who knew?! Germany finally paid the last of its reparations for the First World War as of last Sunday. Hurrah! The War is over!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor.../8029948/First-World-War-officially-ends.html

 

[Geesie]

Richard J. Evans' book, 'The Coming of the Third Reich' and Charles Bracelen Flood's "Hitler: The Path to Power" both essay how these reparations caused the German economy to tank, justified the French occupation of the Ruhr and therefore helped strangle the Weimar Republic in its cradle. These resentments, as this brief UK Telegraph article says, gave AH powerful arguments that his listeners wanted to hear.
The emotions of the times make the reparations understandable but oh, what unforseeable consequences. The money was certainly not worth it.

...

Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.

 

[David Conwill]

Okay, I’ll be the devil’s advocate here: Germany made reparations the problem, not France or Great Britain. Right-wing elements in Weimar deliberately caused hyper-inflation in the ‘20s to make it easier to pay down that debt in de-valued Reichmarks; hurting the people, building resentment against the Allies, and setting the stage for the Nazi takeover.

-Dave

 

[Undertow]

The money was certainly not worth it.

That's a very powerful truth we only see in hindsight. Too bad.

 

[Chris Dillon]

And here I had just assumed the payment of reparations was abandoned when Hitler abandoned the treaty of Versailles!

 

[filfoster]

Installment Loans

And here I had just assumed the payment of reparations was abandoned when Hitler abandoned the treaty of Versailles!

"paymentus interruptus" ? Still looking for the cancelled checks from the Reichsbank 1933-45

 

[scotrace]

And here I had just assumed the payment of reparations was abandoned when Hitler abandoned the treaty of Versailles!

So did I.

 

[HepKitty]

Geesie: good quote about revenge!

David: it wouldn't surprise me if it were a little of both sides. Ok a lot of both sides of the debate.

 

[Edward]

Richard J. Evans' book, 'The Coming of the Third Reich' and Charles Bracelen Flood's "Hitler: The Path to Power" both essay how these reparations caused the German economy to tank, justified the French occupation of the Ruhr and therefore helped strangle the Weimar Republic in its cradle. These resentments, as this brief UK Telegraph article says, gave AH powerful arguments that his listeners wanted to hear.
The emotions of the times make the reparations understandable but oh, what unforseeable consequences. The money was certainly not worth it.

Of course, for Clemenceau and the French it was never about reparation per se, but simple revenge and the desire to see Germany humiliated. Understandable, certainly, if unwise.