In June 1987, Reagan challenged Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down" the Berlin wall. two years later, the wall came down, then the enslaved nations of the Soviet empire gradually broke free, and the Soviet union collapsed.
Many economists felt that the reparations demanded from Germany were excessive and counterproductive. Operating from the principle of permanently weakening Germany, France was particularly keen on punishing Germany and limiting its ability to wage war. This approach, however, backfired because reparations were so severe Germany plunged into economic chaos. This situation allowed for the rise of Adolf Hitler and planted the seeds for WWII.
Nobody else could build that canal. The Americans are the only people who could build them. They also made the Panama canal so that they could access the necessary territory.
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