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Germany end World War One reparations after 92 years with £59m final payment
Daily Mail ^ | September 28, 2010 | Allan Hall

Posted on 09/28/2010 6:49:01 AM PDT by C19fan

World War One finally ends for Germany on Sunday - 92 years after the guns fell silent and nearly nine million men lay dead - as it pays off the last chunk of reparations imposed on it by the Allies. A final payment of 69.9 million euros, or £59.3 million, writes off the crippling debt which was the price for one world war - and laid the foundations for another.

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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: germany; godsgravesglyphs; reparations; war
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To: C19fan; SunkenCiv

The Western world is still paying a heavy price for World War II, and the horrible Versailles treaty.


121 posted on 09/28/2010 5:48:43 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: STD

I don’t think we fought on the wrong side- just that we shouldn’t have been fighting at all.


122 posted on 09/28/2010 5:51:50 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: allmendream
Hopped the fence at Fort Baker awhile back & explored those tunnels as well.

I love the history of that place and the views are out of this world.

123 posted on 09/28/2010 6:32:50 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: C19fan; OB1kNOb

I’ve got a 5 BILLION Mark postage stamp from Weimar. It’s the highest denomination that they printed. A week later Germany switched to the Renten-Mark, and the stamp became worthless.


124 posted on 09/29/2010 7:04:46 AM PDT by jboot (Let Christ be true and every man a liar.)
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To: jboot

That was some high cost letter mailing. Cool.


125 posted on 09/29/2010 7:31:51 AM PDT by OB1kNOb (Contrary to leftist beliefs, it's the United StateS of America, not the united STATE of america.)
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To: OB1kNOb

On late 1923, the postage rate was changing daily, and in the last stages hourly. You could mail a letter in the morning with excess postage, only to have it delivered postage due the same afternoon. It’s my understanding that in the final weeks the Reichspost just gave up and delivered everything, whether it had postage or not.


126 posted on 09/29/2010 8:37:16 AM PDT by jboot (Let Christ be true and every man a liar.)
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To: nickcarraway

Right you are Mate


127 posted on 09/29/2010 6:24:29 PM PDT by STD (Witnessing Another Greek Tragedy as Our Chief Executive Implodes.)
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To: wideawake

bookmark


128 posted on 10/25/2010 7:40:29 AM PDT by DrewsMum (Now days every news headline looks like it should be from the "Onion")
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