just like germany paid off its debts post ww1 and ww2?
Russia, France, Britain, and the US should have paid reparations to Germany, not the other way around.
Why? Because Germany /didn't/ start the war. It just ended up as one of the losers.
Germany had huge territorial losses after both wars, parts of Germany were under forceful occupation for a long time afterwards, and they paid heavily in terms of manufacturing equipment and money afterwards. I'd say they paid.
> Why? Because Germany /didn't/ start the war. It just ended up as one of the losers.
It also didn't blame Germany for starting the war but for the damage caused by German troops.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_231_of_the_Treaty_of_V...