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Re:Open letter to German readers: What you were never told a... by antman on Saturday January 31, 2015 @03:38AM (#8976255)
The Marshall plan in Greece included a huge sum to buying weapons to fend off communism which were not useful and did not go to any Greek. There was no industrial development in Greece. That was not the case in Germany, it got the funds and more importantly the new technology for steel production that helped the Germany. Germans were needed as strong stopping force against the Communists. I dont know if at that early stages it benefited the German people.
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Re:Open letter to German readers: What you were never told a... by bibabo on Monday February 02, 2015 @04:13PM (#8987028)
Some notes:

1. From the payment date of 1947 it looks more like it went into the Greek civil war - fought by Greeks against Greeks (1946-1949). Tough decision to have another war after devastating WWII. 2. Germany bought weapons for the newly built "Bundeswehr" - most of them from the US.

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Re:Open letter to German readers: What you were never told a... by antman on Monday February 02, 2015 @04:35PM (#8987161)
It was actually Greeks fighting Nazi collaborators who had changed allegiance and had become britsh friendly. That government was not elected and was flown in from the british hq in cairo. A forced colonial debt.
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Re:Open letter to German readers: What you were never told a... by bibabo on Monday February 09, 2015 @12:31PM (#9022387)
You are quick with calling everybody a 'Nazi', aren't you?
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Re:Open letter to German readers: What you were never told a... by bibabo on Monday February 09, 2015 @01:11PM (#9022630)
Everybody with a different point of view, like the elected Government in Greece from 1946 and it's voters.

You share this trait with Syriza and many Greeks today it seems, who are also quick to call people Nazis.

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Re:Open letter to German readers: What you were never told a... by antman on Monday February 09, 2015 @12:51PM (#9022493)
Everybody?
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