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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Germany is huge with a large, educated population, and lots of raw materials. Blowing up a bunch of their stuff and killing a bunch of their dudes set them back for a long time, but the building blocks of a successful economy were still there. Rich farmland, mineral deposits, the factories that didn’t explode, etc.
Pre WW1, and pre WW2 after they built back up, Germany was the scientific hub of the world and the economic powerhouse of Europe so they had a lot of institutional knowledge intact after the war.
Not to mention the allies helped west Germany rebuild afterwards, same with Japan.
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