With its defeat, Germany could not impose reparations and pay off her war debts now, which were now colossal. ... He says that had reparations not been imposed, Germany would still have had significant problems caused by the need to pay war debts and the demands of voters for more social services.
The value of the Francs will increase/further strengthened compared to the Deutschmarks
Explanation:
Germany owed france billions of dollars after world war.Usually if a country asked another country to print more money in its own currency, the prices at the exchange market will rise leading to inflation. France wants the value of the Francs to increase compared to the the Deutschmarks. The Germans will require more resources to print the Francs and so limits the cost of material of printing the debt payed by Germany.
Belgium is located between Germany and France so Belgium and the rest of the world are upset because the Germans disregarded Belgium's rights and violated the law.
Neither Belgium nor France nor Britain were surprised that Nazi Germany attacked and violated neutrality without an official declaration of war. He did this a long time ago with Poland, Denmark en Norway.
That is why the cream of the French and British troops flew to Belgium for help, and General Eric von Manstein fell into the (then) trap as the German Panzer Division advanced through Ardennes and Franco. The British Army
