Thanks to the Bretton Woods System established in 1944, all the major currencies of the Allies were pegged to the U.S. Dollar, and the Dollar’s value was tied to the value of gold at $35 an ounce.
Duerch de Bretton-Woods-System (no 1945) waren all (westlech) Währungen un den US-amerikaneschen Dollar gekoppelt an den US-Dollar war un d'Gold gekoppelt, nämlech mat 35 $ fir eng Onz Gold.