How was Germany able to do so well at the beginning of the world wars considering it was up against huge enemies?

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How was Germany able to do so well at the beginning of the world wars considering it was up against huge enemies?

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Since most of the other comments are talking about WW2 it’s also important to contextualize WW1 – Germany was on its way to become the dominant industrial power in Europe (think of a rising power like China compared to U.S. today – the equivalent back then would have been UK). Germany also benefitted from the mass amount of military science developments made by the Prussians in the 1800s (including the development of sophisticated war games).