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'''Reparations''' are payments made to repair a breach or injustice.

'''Reparations''' are payments made to repair a breach or injustice.

 

In the international sphere, reparations have been demanded at times of the [[nation]]s who have lost a [[war]] to the nations who won, for damages caused by the nations who lost.  

In the international sphere, reparations have been demanded of the [[nation]]s who have lost a [[war]] to the nations who won, for damages caused by the nations who lost.  

Large reparations have sometimes caused extensive economic damage to the countries that have to pay them: for example, after the [[First World War]] the [[Treaty of Versailles]] obliged [[Germany]] to pay enormous reparations to [[France]] and the other allied nations. This compounded the already heavy costs associated with the war itself and thereby contributed significantly to the rampant [[inflation]] that afflicted the country during the 1920s and 1930s, and by extension [[National Socialism]] taking Germany over.{{fact}}

Large reparations have sometimes caused extensive economic damage to the countries that have to pay them: for example, after the [[First World War]] the [[Treaty of Versailles]] obliged [[Germany]] to pay enormous reparations to [[France]] and the other allied nations. This compounded the already heavy costs associated with the war itself and thereby contributed significantly to the rampant [[inflation]] that afflicted the country during the 1920s and 1930s, and by extension [[National Socialism]] taking Germany over.{{fact}}