Among the Western countries that underwent the Industrial Revolution, Germany was one of the most powerful militarily, but Germany did not last long in this position and became an ordinary state. This dates back to the First World War, which was also initiated by Germany and became the main source of this world war, but in the end, the world war ended with Germany's defeat.
Later, when Hitler came to power, There were already problems in Germany's finances, internally, Hitler had been dealing with the Jews, and externally, Germany had launched the Second World War in order to solve the country's financial problems and avoid the empty treasury. The results were unsatisfactory, and Germany also lost World War II and owed more reparations, debts that weighed heavily on Germany until 2010.
The transformation of Germany from a former military power into a heavily indebted country has a lot to do with Hitler, who has said that if Germany still does not win the Second World War, the consequences will be unimaginable, and the whole country will be plunged into darkness.
Germany after World War II also confirmed Hitler's prediction very well. What has become of this country? Even American cigarettes can be served with two German beauties, which is enough to see the cruelty of World War II.
Because Germany, which lost in World War II, owed a lot of reparations, the whole country fell into the abyss, and the treasury had to be used to pay off its debts every year, and it was none other than innocent people who suffered. In the harsh winter of Germany, people did not even have the equipment to heat themselves, and even some warm clothes were not enough, and hundreds of thousands of people lost their lives in this cold winter.
Not only that, the national treasury was vacant, the people could not afford to eat, and at the most serious time, they could only nibble on the roots of the trees, so they lived in such a torment, could not survive, and eventually starved to death in such a harsh environment. This is not enough, some people do not even have a place to live, can only set up a tent in the open, or live in the streets and alleys, barely living.
In addition to facing huge reparations, Germany must solve its own country's economic problems, imitation although the country has currency, but there is no way to circulate, for people, money is just a pile of waste paper, useless. On the verge of collapse, something that could replace the use of money emerged, that is, American cigarettes, not only to make transactions, but also to have very high prices, and for a period of time Germany used this American cigarette as currency.
How high were the prices of cigarettes in the United States at that time? Even an American cigarette can top an adult's food for a day, which is simply incredible. At that time, some women in Germany did not hesitate to do some work of selling their bodies in order to seek a way to survive, and their remuneration was two cigarettes each time! This was known to the Americans, and many people scrambled to exchange two cigarettes for the service of a beautiful woman.
However, this did not last long, and with the U.S. aid policy to other countries, Germany's economy improved day by day. The Germany we see today is still a powerful developed country, but history is always worth remembering, and their leaders and people will certainly not forget the pain that war has brought to them. And we should also cherish the peaceful times in which we live.