Re: World War II
@Donkeyman wrote:
So it seems that Germany has paid of a small portion of the costs of the war to USA then Dachs, at least that's something l suppose?However , UK borrowed, in materials and arms etc from the US and Canada a total of. £2•8 billion of which we repaid £4•8 billion over 50 years, so almost double what we borrowed ??
That's something that should have been negotiated with the US and Canada.
The amounts sound trifling now don't they!!What l have been unable to ascertain though is if the axis countries ever made reparations to UK ??
"According to the Yalta Conference, no reparations to Allied countries
would be paid in money. Instead much of the value transferred consisted of
German industrial assets as well as forced labour to the Allies.[2] The Allied demands were further outlined during the Potsdam Conference. Reparations were to be directly paid to the four victor powers (France,
Britain, USA and the Soviet Union); for the countries in the Soviet sphere of influence, the Soviet Union would determine its distribution." [...]
At the beginning of the occupation, the Allies dismantled the remnants of German industries. Plants and machinery were dismantled, the railroad system deconstructed and everything transported to the Allies. The German merchant fleet and all other ships were handed over. Foreign stocks of about 2.5 billion dollars were confiscated. The remaining German industries had to give up a share of their production to the Allies. Large shipments of steel, coal, but also other industrial production were seized and transported out of the country.[4] Later the Western Allies softened their stance in favour of the Marshall Plan, while Eastern Germany continued to deliver industrial goods and raw materials to the Soviet Union until 1953.[5]" [...]
Millions of Germans were pressed into forced labour for several years to work for the Allies in camps, mining, harvesting or industry. "
And don't forget that USA and UK kept large standing armies in Germany for many years ostensibly to hold back the communist hordes ?? Who financed that?
"After World War II ended, the main four Allied powers – Great Britain, The United States, France, and the Soviet Union – jointly occupied Germany, with the Allied occupation officially ending in the 1950s.
During this time, Germany was held accountable for the Allied occupation’s expenses, amounting to over several billion dollars."
And don't forget the Berlin blockade when all supplies into Berlin had to be airlifted in? Who paid for that!?? Imo it should have been USA, and they may well have done so? But l have no info on this !!
The costs of the airlift were initially paid for by the US and Britain (US-$ 200 million), later on by the Germans. In Nov 1948 the three western occupied zones (later on the FRG) raised a special tax "Notopfer Berlin" which was in effect until 1958.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_reparations
https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/t...n/1510134.html