[ANGGAPO]

Anyone know what happened to the tons of money that the European countries owed us after WWII? Remember Lend Lease, The Marshall Plan, and on and on. I don't think it was repaid.

[sam_paine]

Anyone know what happened to the tons of money that the European countries owed us after WWII? Remember Lend Lease, The Marshall Plan, and on and on. I don't think it was repaid.

Well, if not, it was money well spent to avoid WWIII for 60 years.

The proof in the pudding: Europe/Germany hasn't conjured another Hitler to rise up and wreak havoc.

OTOH, The United States has instead conjured up our own dangerous demagogue.

[kiltie65]

Russia said since they changed sides they didn’t have to pay back any dough. Britain, right up until the 50’s, I believe, was paying interest on the money (which interest payments had already paid back the original loan) and were forgiven paying any more since they were on shaky financial ground. That’s the only two I recall knowing anything about.