Germany to make final WWI reparation payment on Sunday

[T-Dog]

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They had paid off WW2 in 1987, but needed 92 years to finish paying off the Treaty of Versailles.

[89Hen]

Where's my money? Wait, my grandfather fought for the Axis in WWI.

[Cap'n Cat]

Where's my money? Wait, my grandfather fought for the Axis in WWI.

Explains a lot about you and Hoagie.

[89Hen]

Where's my money? Wait, my grandfather fought for the Axis in WWI.

Explains a lot about you and Hoagie.

Yup. Grandfather was a POW in USSR (he was Austrian). Father volunteered for WWII as a 17 yo for the USA Navy. Great American story.

[Cap'n Cat]

Explains a lot about you and Hoagie.

Yup. Grandfather was a POW in USSR (he was Austrian). Father volunteered for WWII as a 17 yo for the USA Navy. Great American story.

Yep, weird century. My GGF escaped the turmoil in Russia and Lithuania for the peace and serenity of Pittsburgh. GF a soldier in Battle of the Bulge. Didn't kill any innocents, either.

[89Hen]

Didn't kill any innocents, either.

My pop did. He used to have a shaving kit made out of a Japanese baby.

[clenz]

Where's my money? Wait, my grandfather fought for the Axis in WWI.

Explains a lot about you and Hoagie.

This picture is considered "funny" by the vast majority of Americans...yet put Obama in a similar picture and people will want you killed for being racist.

[CitadelGrad]

Yup. Grandfather was a POW in USSR (he was Austrian). Father volunteered for WWII as a 17 yo for the USA Navy. Great American story.

Yep, weird century. My GGF escaped the turmoil in Russia and Lithuania for the peace and serenity of Pittsburgh. GF a soldier in Battle of the Bulge. Didn't kill any innocents, either.

It wasn't a weird century. There are no permanent enemies or allies. There are only permanent interests.

[Cap'n Cat]

Shit, we ALONE pushed Germany and the world over the brink by leading everyone into the Great Depression, directly causing the rise of the Nazis. We owe THEM for that!

[Ibanez]

http://www.spiegel.de/international/ger ... 20156.html

They had paid off WW2 in 1987, but needed 92 years to finish paying off the Treaty of Versailles.

Awesome. My wifes GGF fought for Germany in WW1 and WW2. He was a mountain troop officer and was a POW for most, in Siberia.

[D1B]

http://www.spiegel.de/international/ger ... 20156.html

They had paid off WW2 in 1987, but needed 92 years to finish paying off the Treaty of Versailles.

Awesome. My wifes GGF fought for Germany in WW1 and WW2. He was a mountain troop officer and was a POW for most, in Siberia.

No one gives a fuck about your family, Hansel.

[Ibanez]

Jeff, isn't there a Catholic Church you should be picketing?

[D1B]

Jeff, isn't there a Catholic Church you should be picketing?

Don't need to picket them. They're empty.

[SDHornet]

Shit, we ALONE pushed Germany and the world over the brink by leading everyone into the Great Depression, directly causing the rise of the Nazis. We owe THEM for that!

Not true. Churchill and the rest of Europe handcuffed the Germans via the Treaty of Versailles which was so well written that it pretty much guaranteed a second world war.

[CitadelGrad]

Shit, we ALONE pushed Germany and the world over the brink by leading everyone into the Great Depression, directly causing the rise of the Nazis. We owe THEM for that!

No. While the United States was suffering the Great Depression, Europe made a relatively quick recovery from the recession of the early 30s and Germany had a rather strong economy. Germany's worst economic days were in the 20s, when the United States economy was roaring.

[dbackjon]

Shit, we ALONE pushed Germany and the world over the brink by leading everyone into the Great Depression, directly causing the rise of the Nazis. We owe THEM for that!

Not true. Churchill and the rest of Europe handcuffed the Germans via the Treaty of Versailles which was so well written that it pretty much guaranteed a second world war.

Yup

[kalm]

****, we ALONE pushed Germany and the world over the brink by leading everyone into the Great Depression, directly causing the rise of the Nazis. We owe THEM for that!

No. While the United States was suffering the Great Depression, Europe made a relatively quick recovery from the recession of the early 30s and Germany had a rather strong economy. Germany's worst economic days were in the 20s, when the United States economy was bubbling.

FIFY.

[CitadelGrad]

I don't need you to fix my fucking posts.

[kalm]

I don't need you to fix my **** posts.

Lighten up Francis.

[Cap'n Cat]

Shit, we ALONE pushed Germany and the world over the brink by leading everyone into the Great Depression, directly causing the rise of the Nazis. We owe THEM for that!

No. While the United States was suffering the Great Depression, Europe made a relatively quick recovery from the recession of the early 30s and Germany had a rather strong economy. Germany's worst economic days were in the 20s, when the United States economy was roaring.

Can't a guy exaggerate here???

[Ivytalk]

No. While the United States was suffering the Great Depression, Europe made a relatively quick recovery from the recession of the early 30s and Germany had a rather strong economy. Germany's worst economic days were in the 20s, when the United States economy was roaring.

Can't a guy exaggerate here???

You would have loved Weimar Germany: loose women, ample booze and hyperinflation.

[Grizalltheway]

Can't a guy exaggerate here???

You would have loved Weimar Germany: loose women, ample booze and hyperinflation.

Must have been a great place to spend your 20s, Ivy.

[Ivytalk]

You would have loved Weimar Germany: loose women, ample booze and hyperinflation.

Must have been a great place to spend your 20s, Ivy.

I vaguely recall the comely frauleins.

[Cap'n Cat]

Must have been a great place to spend your 20s, Ivy.

I vaguely recall the comely frauleins.

[native]

http://www.spiegel.de/international/ger ... 20156.html

They had paid off WW2 in 1987, but needed 92 years to finish paying off the Treaty of Versailles.

Awesome. My wifes GGF fought for Germany in WW1 and WW2. He was a mountain troop officer and was a POW for most, in Siberia.

POW in Siberia? Yikes!!!

He must have been one of the lucky few who survived in order for you to have even known what happened to him.