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In answer to the larger question, yes, there was some trade between the US and Germany prior to Pearl Harbor. But the transatlantic trade was minimal between 1939 and 1941, and even the anemic peacetime trade between the two countries dwarfed the wartime levels.
Nov 16, 2023 · In my two previous posts (here and here) I described how hyperinflation hit the Weimar Republic after the end of World War 1. On November 15, 1923, the German Papiermark hit an exchange rate of 2.5 trillion to $1. Two weeks earlier, $1 had bought 133 billion marks; at the start of the year 17,972 marks; on the currency...
Papiermark: Replaced by: Reichsmark: User(s) Germany: Issuance; Central bank: Deutsche Rentenbank: Valuation; Pegged with: United States dollar = RM 4.20, in turn 1,000,000,000,000ℳ = RM 1 (1 trillion short scale (US) or 1 billion long scale (UK pre-1974, Germany, much of Europe) = 1,000,000,000,000)
But afterward, television and the new, post-war vision of America contributed to the creation of the world in which we live today. In April of 1942 (when about 5,000 television sets were in operation), production of new televisions, radios and other civilian broadcasting equipment was suspended until August of 1945. But by 1947, there were ...
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Dec 10, 2021 · This Weimar-era banknote represents the 3rd denomination of the 1st Issue “Papiermark”, or Paper Mark. Formally known as either the “Republic Treasury Notes” or the “Weimar Republic Reichsbanknote”. Papiermark were first issued on 4 August 1914 and have their origin in World War I (1914-1918) Imperial Germany (Kaiserreich, 1871–1918). This particular note was first issued on the ...
Feb 28, 2018 · 5. WW2, before the US entered, ran from 1939 Sep 01 to 1941 Dec 07. During this time, a lot of merchant vessels sailed in convoy to Britain. I am wondering, of all the people who crewed those vessels, how many were American, versus how many were Canadian or British. Note, I'm not asking for a death toll. I'm asking for a composition of them all.
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For 50 years before WW2, the US still was the #1 country in the world as far as economy is concerned, we just didn't have anything close to the military we had post-WW2 for power projection. Those two things are probably connected (guns vs. butter).
