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« on: October 17, 2006, 10:34:23 PM » |
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Germany most certainly did not hyperinflate the economy for it's own reasons. The economy went into meltdown when the French took over it's key industrial area in the south west... I forget what it's called.
This was about 1923 - the economy was stronger but incredibly fragile in 1927-9. Germany overall was in fact one of the worst affected, simply because the economy was already so weak... actually a quote of Hitlers is appropriate here "All you have to do is kick in the door and the whole stinking strucutre will come crashing down" (mind you Hitler said that before Barbarossa in 1941 - he was wrong and it was the main factor in his defeat).
Anyway - I admire Wilson greatly, he was an idealist - but I agree the BIGGEST mistake he made was leaving for so long - when he could have sent emmisaries and he could have stayed home and made the case himself.
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