war reparations

war reparations
monetary compensation intended to cover damage or injury during a war

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  • War reparations — refer to the monetary compensation intended to cover damage or injury during a war. Generally, the term war reparations refers to money or goods changing hands, rather than such property transfers as the annexation of land.HistoryPre World War… …   Wikipedia

  • reparations — n. 1) to pay reparations 2) war reparations 3) reparations for * * * to pay reparations war reparations reparations for …   Combinatory dictionary

  • War — This article is about war in general. For other uses, see War (disambiguation) and The War (disambiguation). Warfare Military history Eras …   Wikipedia

  • Reparations for slavery — is a proposal by some in the United States that some type of compensation should be provided to the descendants of enslaved people, in consideration of the labor provided for free over several centuries, which has been a powerful and influential… …   Wikipedia

  • Reparations —    No issue burdened the political, financial, and economic history of the Republic so much as reparations. Although the idea of demanding reparations of Germany was established through Article 19 of the Armistice,* transforming the concept into… …   Historical dictionary of Weimar Republik

  • Reparations Agreement between Israel and West Germany — The Reparations Agreement between Israel and West Germany (German: Luxemburger Abkommen , Hebrew: הסכם השילומים ) was signed on September 10, 1952.USHMM: [http://www.ushmm.org/uia cgi/uia query/photos?hr=null query=11019 Chancellor Konrad… …   Wikipedia

  • REPARATIONS, GERMAN — On Sept. 20, 1945, three months after the end of World War II, chaim weizmann , on behalf of the jewish agency , submitted to the governments of the U.S., the U.S.S.R., Britain, and France, a memorandum demanding reparations, restitution, and… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Reparations —    After the end of World War II, the Bonn Convention said that persons who were persecuted because of their race should be compensated. However, in 1950 the Interior Ministry in the German state of Württemberg told judges to remember that… …   Historical dictionary of the Gypsies

  • War children — This article is about children with a foreign military parent. For children used as soldiers, see Military use of children. For the mass evacuation of children from Finland during the Continuation War, see Finnish war children. For children of… …   Wikipedia

  • reparations — Payment in money or materials by a nation defeated in war. After World War I, reparations to the Allied Powers were required of Germany by the Treaty of Versailles. The original amount of $33 billion was later reduced by the Dawes Plan and the… …   Universalium

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