The Young Plan 1929

Question 1

Strengths

Answer 1

-Reduces total reparations from £6.6 billion to £2 billion. Germany was also given another 59 years to pay.
-Sensible because:
Reduced annual amount to pay
Allowed the government to lower taxes
French agreed to leave the Rhineland

Question 2

Weaknesses

Answer 2

-Still owed £50 million a year
-Payments now until 1988
-Extremists didn’t like it
-Hitler said “passing on the penalty to the unknown