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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You need to research the US policy towards these countries post WW2.
After WW1, Germany was essentially forced to pay for the cost of the war and more as reparations. This tanked their economy as they printed money to pay off the insurmountable debt. This obviously creates animosity towards these countries, this coupled with poor economic conditions paved the road for Hitlers rise to power and inevitably WW2.
Learning from this mistake, the US made it a priority to help Japan and Germany rebuild after the war. This also helped ease post war tensions and is arguably the reason why the world entered into a period of relative peace and prosperity afterwards.
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