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In many ways, the Treaty of Versailles was meant to be a punishment for Germany. In 1921, Germany was required to pay 6.6 billion British pounds in reparations. At the time, Germany was unable to pay this. The country's coffers were still empty, as a result of the expensive war which had ended only three years before.