1933 again. This time a French cartoon. In fact, the French military took the German problem very seriously, they just didn't have any good answers for it. But of course, we're talking about French politicians here. You know, the kind who wanted to reduce Germany back to being a, "nuisance."

The connection between economic despair and fascism is made here, but in fact, the worst of the hyper-inflation had been dealt with already. As Paul Johnson points out, the problem wasn't just that Weimar was broke, it was that it didn't work politically.