Comments by "Kameraden" (@Alte.Kameraden) on "No, the Treaty of Versailles did NOT lead to hyperinflation OR the Nazis" video.

Interestingly, this actually reminded me of something. Versailles responsible for WWII? So why wasn't the post WWII reparations the leading cause for WWIII? A lot of people forget that after WWII, Germany faced Reparations light years worse than even Versailles, and Germany is still paying those reparations today, yet is among the ten largest economies in the world.
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To be honest, in a round about way I'd say "YES" Regardless. Similar to the effect Prussia's defeats against Napoleon reshaped the Prussian Military, and helped introduce German Nationalism. The Franco-Prussian war had a similar effect on the French. I'd say of course losing, and given cruel terms would do the same to post WWI Germany. Though, to defend the British/French post WWI, the Franco-Prussian war saw some pretty harsh terms and even reparations forced upon the French by the Prussians. So what you see with Versailles was more common than people think, and should of been expected, though I still think the terms were too harsh. I just don't believe an entire nation should be punished for the decisions of it's leaders. All you do is give ammunition for political extremist to use. Now is the Treaty of Versailles responsible for Hyper Inflation? I'd highly doubt it, as it's mostly caused by internal economic decisions not external. I mean, without all the military spending, you'd think Germany could afford the reparations? So the Versailles treaty kind of gave Germany the ability to pay those reparations, even if they were high reparations.
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@BigHenFor Yes but the value of payment was extreme. Yugoslavia along ascertained tens of billions of dollars worth of industrial equipment, and by herself the entire WWI reparations demanded on Germany just in material. Start stacking on other countries and the reparations Germany paid as a result are hard to actually calculate, as we still don't know exactly how much was taken out of the country. I know in Illinois we have a number of powerplants still using German Turbines dating back to the war, at least so I've been told by people in this area. It's honestly unimaginable. You also have land/property appropriation as well. Somewhere between 8-14 million Germans had their land/property ceased in Poland, East/West Prussia, and the Baltic States, with no payments, they could only take with them what they could carry. The Dutch were far more merciful, allowing Germans to stay if they wanted to accept Dutch Citizenship. Soviet Union however shifted entire populations post war.
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@ВладиславВладислав-и4ю Ya I'm aware of the Population Transfer Programs which are just a nice way of saying ethnic cleansing. Soviets had a similar plan as the Nazis.. shipping undesirables east of the Euro Mountains. The irony.
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