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> What? Did Greece just emerge from the largest military conflict on the planet utterly destroyed? No, but neither did Germany. In fact, despite bombings etc.

by bildung 11y ago

> What? Did Greece just emerge from the largest military conflict on the planet utterly destroyed? No, but neither did Germany. In fact, despite bombings etc. the industrial infrastructure post-war was bigger than 1933 (because it was heavily built out during that period). edit: Here is a source from German public television (skip to 4:20): https://www.planet-schule.de/sf/php/sendungen.php?sendung=9175 https://www.planet-schule.de/sf/php/sendungen.php?sendung=91...

yc1010 11y ago
here is an interesting fact: Greece lost 11% of their population in WW2, Germany lost 8%
mc32 11y ago
No, it was destroyed. We relieved their debt because we didn't want them to have to take wheelbarrows full of money to buy loaves of bread as happened after the treaty of Versailles which plunged Germany into nationalism and anti-west sentiment and gave rise to the socialist regime which brought on WWII. And beside the infrastructure destruction there were the ravages of war, disease, psychological, nutrition, etc. Not to mention the obvious generation of men who died. A whole generation of men dead from warring.
- bildung 11y ago
  > No, it was destroyed. No, it really wasn't :) Heres a documentary from German public television. The interesting part starts at 4:20. I hope you can hear the English language, it has been dubbed in German: https://www.planet-schule.de/sf/php/sendungen.php?sendung=9175 https://www.planet-schule.de/sf/php/sendungen.php?sendung=91...
- Amezarak 11y ago
  > which plunged Germany into nationalism and anti-west sentiment and gave rise to the socialist regime which brought on WWII. The national socialists came to power as a consequence of the severe deflation in the 1930s, not the hyperinflation 10 years earlier.
- crdoconnor 11y ago
  It was more about building an industrial bulwark against Russia than a desire not to see Germans suffer. After all, they did the same thing to Japan too, which didn't have a treaty of Versailles.

by bildung 11y ago

yc1010 11y ago

here is an interesting fact: Greece lost 11% of their population in WW2, Germany lost 8%

mc32 11y ago

No, it was destroyed. We relieved their debt because we didn't want them to have to take wheelbarrows full of money to buy loaves of bread as happened after the treaty of Versailles which plunged Germany into nationalism and anti-west sentiment and gave rise to the socialist regime which brought on WWII. And beside the infrastructure destruction there were the ravages of war, disease, psychological, nutrition, etc. Not to mention the obvious generation of men who died. A whole generation of men dead from warring.

bildung 11y ago
> No, it was destroyed. No, it really wasn't :) Heres a documentary from German public television. The interesting part starts at 4:20. I hope you can hear the English language, it has been dubbed in German: https://www.planet-schule.de/sf/php/sendungen.php?sendung=9175 https://www.planet-schule.de/sf/php/sendungen.php?sendung=91...
Amezarak 11y ago
> which plunged Germany into nationalism and anti-west sentiment and gave rise to the socialist regime which brought on WWII. The national socialists came to power as a consequence of the severe deflation in the 1930s, not the hyperinflation 10 years earlier.
crdoconnor 11y ago
It was more about building an industrial bulwark against Russia than a desire not to see Germans suffer. After all, they did the same thing to Japan too, which didn't have a treaty of Versailles.