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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Frankfurt_(1871)
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traité_de_Francfort
What if the Germans realized they could get away with a harsher peace in terms of having a larger indemnity? The French were required to pay 5 Billion Francs in reparations, but they managed to pay it off very quickly, much more quickly than the Germans thought they would be able to due to the amount of loans raised; what if the Germans had doubled the indemnity or even tripled it to cripple the French economy and keep them from rising again so quickly? What would they use that money for in Germany and what would France lack as a result?
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