<P> World War I reparations were compensation imposed during the Paris Peace Conference upon the Central Powers following their defeat in the First World War by the Allied and Associate Powers . Each of the defeated powers was required to make payments in either cash or kind . Because of the financial situation Austria , Hungary , and Turkey found themselves in after the war , few to no reparations were paid and the requirements for reparations were cancelled . Bulgaria , having paid only a fraction of what was required , saw its reparation figure reduced and then cancelled . Historians have recognised the German requirement to pay reparations as the `` chief battleground of the post-war era '' and `` the focus of the power struggle between France and Germany over whether the Versailles Treaty was to be enforced or revised '' . </P>
<P> World War I reparations were compensation imposed during the Paris Peace Conference upon the Central Powers following their defeat in the First World War by the Allied and Associate Powers . Each of the defeated powers was required to make payments in either cash or kind . Because of the financial situation Austria , Hungary , and Turkey found themselves in after the war , few to no reparations were paid and the requirements for reparations were cancelled . Bulgaria , having paid only a fraction of what was required , saw its reparation figure reduced and then cancelled . Historians have recognised the German requirement to pay reparations as the `` chief battleground of the post-war era '' and `` the focus of the power struggle between France and Germany over whether the Versailles Treaty was to be enforced or revised '' . </P>
what country had to pay reparations following world war i u.s. france great britain germany
what country had to pay reparations following world war i u.s. france great britain germany
German
German