World War 2 Reparations

After World War Two, the USSR were heavily for making Germany pay heavy fines in reparations for the damage caused, however the UK and the USA were against this as they wanted Germany to rebuild and grow. They agreed that each ally could take reparations from the zone that they occupied, as shown on the map below. Stalin was disappointed as his region was the poorest and hence they agreed that he could have a quarter of the industrial equipment from the western zones, put had to pay for it with Eats German material such as coal.