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[–]asterias 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Germany basically dictates EU financial policy and try to impose austerity upon other countries, while taking advantage of local corruption to make German firms richer (ie Siemens). However, after the war Germany asked other European countries to forfeit German loans so that the German economy could be restarted.

[–]NeoRail 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

In this context, are you talking about the Second World War or the start of the current Russian-Ukrainian war?

[–]asterias 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This happened in 1953 and 20 countries agreed so that German economy would get a kickstart:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Agreement_on_German_External_Debts