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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 3058210, member: 39&quot;]Back then it was somewhat common to fight a war, and then expect the loser to come up with the money that the winner had spent before. In WW1 both France and Germany, for example, had that brilliant strategy - and since Germany &quot;lost the armistice&quot;, the issue of reparations followed suit. Too bad that the German Empire had financed its war with credits too - so blaming the reparations alone for the hyperinflation was somewhat silly.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the &quot;humiliation&quot;, keep in mind that the November 1918 revolution in Germany pretty much meant the end of both the monarchy and the war. So those who were against the revolution and the following republic could always claim that WW1 ended this way because of those &quot;traitors&quot; (the famous &quot;stab in the back&quot; myth). Yes, it would have made sense to support the young republic by limiting the reparation payments - but then how had France financed the war? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>After WW2 things went a little differently, due to the idea that winning a war is not as difficult as achieving continuous peace afterwards. So for the past 70 years or so, the French-German cooperation has been a core element of European integration ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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