>>> He understood the consequences of punishing Germany too severely and was pressing for a more just settlement.
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>>While I agree it was short sighted to punish Germany in a financial sense, I still disagree that the western allies are to blame for the rise of Germany. The rise of Germany in WWII had more to do with:
>>- Germany's sense of victimhood
>>- Germany's desire for a greater Geman state
>>- Germany's mistunderstanding of how WWI ended. They thought it was a stalemate, but it was a German defeat
>>- a charismatic, sociopathic, racist leader
>
>Somehow I have the feeling that needing a wheel barrow load of marks to get a loaf of bread or mail a letter had nothing to do with ANY of what you've listed above.

Germany devalued their own currency by printing money. Nobody made them do it.

The rest of the world went through the same terrible depression, we didn't decide to invade Poland and kill jews.