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<p>[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 47557, member: 39"]Well, I can only speak for my own country (and I cannot even speak "for" it ...) but Germany has, for many years after 1949/55, had a difficult position regarding military missions. For obvious reasons, nobody - including the Germans - wanted them to have such an active role, in military terms. Nowadays that is different, and German military is actively involved in quite a few UN and NATO missions from Bosnia to Afghanistan.</p><p><br /></p><p>WW2 in Europe officially ended on 8 May 1945, but in most cities around here (what now is the state of North Rhine Westphalia) it was over a little earlier. I don't know how much cash was actually used in those times ... in Nazi Germany, prices for many goods were regulated anyway, and between the end of the war and the 1948 currency reform your money would not buy you much. During the occupation, the Reichsmark formally remained legal tender along with the notes issued by the Allied Military Authority - practically there was rationed food (as before), bartering and black markets. As far as I know, American cigarettes were the primary currency unit ;-)</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1948 currency reform in the tri-zone (US, UK, FR) was initiated by the Western allies, and not really the merit of the Germans. The first post-reform notes had been printed in the US and were then transported to and distributed in the three zones. Smaller cash remained valid at one tenth of the original value (ie. 10 Reichspfennig were good for 1 Pfennig), the money in savings accounts was worth less (100 RM -> 6.50 DM, I think). And "all of a sudden" people in the Western zones could simply buy things again ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 47557, member: 39"]Well, I can only speak for my own country (and I cannot even speak "for" it ...) but Germany has, for many years after 1949/55, had a difficult position regarding military missions. For obvious reasons, nobody - including the Germans - wanted them to have such an active role, in military terms. Nowadays that is different, and German military is actively involved in quite a few UN and NATO missions from Bosnia to Afghanistan. WW2 in Europe officially ended on 8 May 1945, but in most cities around here (what now is the state of North Rhine Westphalia) it was over a little earlier. I don't know how much cash was actually used in those times ... in Nazi Germany, prices for many goods were regulated anyway, and between the end of the war and the 1948 currency reform your money would not buy you much. During the occupation, the Reichsmark formally remained legal tender along with the notes issued by the Allied Military Authority - practically there was rationed food (as before), bartering and black markets. As far as I know, American cigarettes were the primary currency unit ;-) The 1948 currency reform in the tri-zone (US, UK, FR) was initiated by the Western allies, and not really the merit of the Germans. The first post-reform notes had been printed in the US and were then transported to and distributed in the three zones. Smaller cash remained valid at one tenth of the original value (ie. 10 Reichspfennig were good for 1 Pfennig), the money in savings accounts was worth less (100 RM -> 6.50 DM, I think). And "all of a sudden" people in the Western zones could simply buy things again ... Christian[/QUOTE]
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