Not only did they lose the two World Wars, they were directly responsible for the evilest person to ever govern in this part of the world. How did they go from losing WW1, economy collapsing, then losing another World War, to then become one of the world’s biggest economies?
Similar question for Japan, although they “only” lost one.
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They’re a big country with very productive citizens, so they’re always going to be doing well economically as long as trade is somewhat free and they’re able to acquire the resources they need, which they are.
The lesson one needs to learn is this: prosperity has nothing to do with wars. Good governance and free trade are all that is needed. It is plausible to fight a war to achieve these, but I’m not familiar with it ever being the case.
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