USA HISTORY

Money paid by defeated countries to pay for damage to victorious countries:

(A) ** Reparations

(B) Amendments

(C) Loseries

(D) Appeasements

Concept note-1: -reparations, a levy on a defeated country forcing it to pay some of the war costs of the winning countries. Reparations were levied on the Central Powers after World War I to compensate the Allies for some of their war costs.

Concept note-2: -Allied victors took a punitive approach to Germany at the end of World War I. Intense negotiation resulted in the Treaty of Versailles’ “war guilt clause, ” which identified Germany as the sole responsible party for the war and forced it to pay reparations.

Concept note-3: -What are war reparations? At the end of a war, countries are required to make payments as a way of making up for the damage inflicted. This was the case at the end of World Wars I and II. The debt can be paid back for many reasons, including machinery damage, and forced labor.

Concept note-4: -The Treaty of Versailles Punished Defeated Germany With These Provisions. Some disarmed the German military, while others stripped the defeated nation of territory, population and economic resources, and forced it to admit responsibility for the war and agree to pay reparations.

Concept note-5: -Germany Announces Holocaust Reparations and Fund for Ukraine-The New York Times.