These are common myths. First, the WW1 post-inflation was due to an intentional German decision to inflate payments it could have easily paid (and losing actual

These are common myths. First, the WW1 post-inflation was due to an intentional German decision to inflate payments it could have easily paid (and losing actually more money in the process). Second, the WW2 settlement was far more punishing to Germany than the WW1 settlement. The country was conquered, lost more territory than in WW1, split up and multiple diaspora populations were then pushed in.