Originally Posted by Tarek

I am sorry but this is wrong. Yes they did less (France was the lowest contributer, but you ahve to remember that large Areas of France were as destroyed as Germany). Britian had food shortages for several years after the war because they sended so much food to germany (without it thousands more would have starved). It is true that the U.s. did most for the rebuild of Germany from the Allies, but they were also the ones who could do most. They had fare more ressources and the war was not fought (with very few exceptions) on their soil.