Comments by "Annoying B\x27stard" (@annoyingbstard9407) on "TimeGhost History" channel.

  1. The reparations question was further complicated by the fact that France paid reparations (in full) to Prussia following both the Napoleonic wars and the Franco-Prussian war as well as Germany's deliberate policy of churlishly flooding mines and destroying factories in Northern France as they retreated in 1918. Post WW2 the reparations issue was "solved" by France retaining control of much of the German coal production until 1952. This was still causing problems in the Ruhr region even then which resulted in France agreeing to hand control back to Germany subject to an agreement (cartel) on industrial coal, iron and steel production and prices in order to ensure their own production remained competitive. This agreement morphed into the Common Market which in turn morphed into the European Union.
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  2. georg schmidt Those were the ones who survived of course.
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