Germany pays off WW I debts after 92 years
GERMANY not only celebrates 20 years since reunification this weekend, it will also pay off the last of its World War I debts, 92 years after the 1914-18 conflict ended.
These “reparations” were intended partly by the Allies, particularly France, to keep Germany weak.
But historians say the ultimate effect was the opposite, playing a key role in Adolf Hitler’s rise to power and World War II.