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Affected Country
Forcing Countries/Companies
Summary
Amount
Haiti
France
Forced to pay for “lost property” (slaves and land) after independence. After Haiti asked Money back in UN,2004 US and France orchestrated “a coup” against Haitian President Aristide
150 million francs (reduced to 90 million francs)
China
Eight-Nation Alliance (Britain, Germany, Russia, France, Japan, U.S., Austria-Hungary, Italy)
Boxer Indemnity after the Boxer Rebellion.
450 million taels of silver (~$330 million USD)
Germany (Post-WWI)
Allied Powers (Britain, France, U.S., others)
Reparations under the Treaty of Versailles after World War I.
132 billion gold marks (~$33 billion USD)
Japan
Philippines, Indonesia, Burma, others
Reparations for damages caused during World War II.
~$1.5 billion USD
Germany (Post-WWII)
Soviet Union, Israel, other Allied Powers
Reparations for Holocaust and war damages after WWII.
$845 million to Israel, billions more to other countries
Greece
Nazi Germany
Forced war loan during the Nazi occupation of Greece in WWII.
Billions (exact figure debated)
Italy
Greece, Yugoslavia, Ethiopia, Albania
Reparations for damages during World War II.
~$360 million USD
Ottoman Empire
Britain, France, Russia
Indemnities after losses in various wars (e.g., Crimean War).
Various amounts, including war debts
Mexico
United States
Ceded territory after the Mexican-American War under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
$15 million USD (territorial loss of California, Texas, others)
France
Germany (Prussia)
Indemnity after the Franco-Prussian War and loss of Alsace-Lorraine.
5 billion francs
Russia
Britain, France, Ottoman Empire
Reparations and concessions after losing the Crimean War.
Various, including territorial losses
Vietnam
France
Reparations and concessions after France’s conquest of Vietnam in the 19th century.
