Germany paying the last of its debts marks "the end of WWI"

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Germany paying the last of its debts marks "the end of WWI"
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WWI Officially Ends

Posted 9/29/2010 11:30 am by Ron Hogan

It's taken a bit longer than expected, but WWI is officially over.  I know what you're thinking; didn't the first World War end in 1919 when Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the others sign the Treaty of Versailles with the US, British, and French in that train car?  Well yes and no.  The hostilities officially ended, but as part of the armistice, the Germans had to pay reparations to the French, British, and Americans for their actions during the war.  Germany, with a last payment of $94 million dollars (or 59.5 million pounds) has officially paid off WWI.

"On Sunday the last bill is due and the First World War finally, financially at least, terminates for Germany," said Bild, the country's biggest selling newspaper.  The payments would have been finished a long time ago, had it not been for a little event called World War II.  Still, WWI veterans can now rest easy, as their conflict is officially at an end.  Most of the money has ended up in the hands of private individuals, pension funds, and corporations who bought the debt bonds after the war.

Still, at least Germany paid their debts.  It might have taken them 92 years, but finally we can move on from the Great War, even if we are still using WWI technology in our hybrid cars.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... -ends.html
After the Revolution of 1905, the Czar had prudently prepared for further outbreaks by transferring some $400 million in cash to the New York banks, Chase, National City, Guaranty Trust, J.P.Morgan Co., and Hanover Trust. In 1914, these same banks bought the controlling number of shares in the newly organized Federal Reserve Bank of New York, paying for the stock with the Czar\'s sequestered funds. In November 1917,  Red Guards drove a truck to the Imperial Bank and removed the Romanoff gold and jewels. The gold was later shipped directly to Kuhn, Loeb Co. in New York.-- Curse of Canaan

Fester

Awful!  Hope the Germans have had sufficient time to wake up to the fact that someone's been buggering them long and hard.  What with the Shoa Shakedown, it ain't over til it's over.  Perhaps, this'll be another nudge towards a general recognition of who the problem is.
Voltaire speaking of the Jews
"You have surpassed all nations in impertinent fables, in bad conduct and in barbarism. You deserve to be punished, for this is your destiny."

"These marranos go wherever there is money to be made. They are, simply, the biggest scoundrels who have eve