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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One factor about Germany that perhaps isn’t as well recognized is that the German education and scientific community dominated the world in the late 1800 to early 1900.
If anyone wanted to be somebody in the world of science at the time, it was almost a necessity to go to a German university and to be admitted in their academic circles. Modern chemical industrial processes, mathematics, physics, rocketry etc were areas where the Germans were at the forefront.
In short, they had a high degree of education and lots of smart people.
There are tons of other factors, of course.
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