# I pit DrDeth

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**Created:** [February 28, 2021, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971 "2021-02-28T19:52:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/782 "2021-05-06T22:53:29Z")

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Note that DD also claims that Germany didn’t occupy France during WWI.

> [@What if Germany fights it out in 1918?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-germany-fights-it-out-in-1918/823871/41):
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> Do you know how far the Germans got into France? They didnt really “occupy” france, they had a tiny toehold, a couple days walk in.

I provided this information

> [@What if Germany fights it out in 1918?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-germany-fights-it-out-in-1918/823871/42):
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> Per Wikipedia, they occupied a bit less than 4% of France (the 4% that included much of the country’s industrial base). The equivalent for the US would be occupying New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and Delaware (actually, that’s lowballing it a little by area (those states together are a little less than 3% of the total US area)

Later in the thread

> [@What if Germany fights it out in 1918?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-germany-fights-it-out-in-1918/823871/94):
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> Sure, but again, they only got into France a few miles. The reparations paid for that a thousand times over.

Also did you know that the damage to French property was done by _both sides_. You can’t expect Germany to pay for damage caused by the efforts to expel them from France - according to Dr Deth.

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