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World War 1 had a huge impact on many economies. The total cost of the war was $332 billion. This destroyed Russia, France, and Belgium's economies sending them into a financial crises. These countries are where the majority of fighting took place destroying not only the cites but also farmland; Europe's countries were in an immense amount of debt. All of the war was blamed on Germany causing them to have had to pay back back all countries damaged. In the end Germany had to pay a total of $33 billion dollars. By doing this Germany had an inflation, making their money virtually worthless. German money was used as fuel for fire, and material for kites. Other countries not in Europe however had the opposite affect and prospered. The United States, Japan, and other countries who relied on Europe for imports of goods learned to make them by themselves and prospered off of this growth making each nation more independent.