One of the immediate results of the fall of the Roman Empire in the West was that the area soon became home to a great deal of lawlessness, since the Roman armies were no longer there to safeguard.
During the reparations period, Germany received between 27 and 38 million marks in which the United States, Great Britain, the Netherlands and Switzerland served. In addition, a loan of 800 million marks was to be raised (where more than 50 percent was from the United States, 25 percent in Britain and the balance of other European nations) to support the German currency and help in the payment of The repairs.
