ELI5-How did Germany go from losing two world wars to being the economic powerhouse of Europe?

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ELI5-How did Germany go from losing two world wars to being the economic powerhouse of Europe?

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I would say that Germany was one of major powers even pre-WW1 and strongly grew up between WW1 and WW2.

Both world wars spoiled it much, but generally Germany has strong base of labour, industry etc.

So, all reasons how it grew up were there before, Germany didn’t only gain it post-WW2.