Germany indeed was one of the largest economies in the world but the reparations where so high that it was almost impossible to pay them while this trouble was going on especially in the early years. Germany paid the last installment in 1989, so it wasn't only the willingness that lacked.
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Germany indeed was one of the largest economies in the world but the reparations where so high that it was almost impossible to pay them while this trouble was going on especially in the early years. Germany paid the last installment in 1989, so it wasn't only the willingness that lacked.