... Nationalists blamed the Treaty of Versailles as the root of all Germany's economic ills. The reparations which Germany was forced to pay were crippling and a serious drain on the country's gold reserves. In the Treaty of Versailles, Germany had agreed to pay for war damages, or reparations. The amount was set at 6,600 million pounds. Germany made the first payment of ... ...

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