# What if Germany fights it out in 1918?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 2, 2018, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-germany-fights-it-out-in-1918/823871 "2018-11-02T01:22:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-germany-fights-it-out-in-1918/823871/94 "2018-11-13T21:00:27Z")

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> [@Jackmannii](#):
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> Being compelled to pay reparations for such massive and unnecessary destruction here and elsewhere in occupied territories does not seem like a harsh penalty for Germany.

Sure, but again, they only got into France a few miles. The reparations paid for that a thousand times over.

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