> West Germany had a similar culture to their occupant, the east not so much. Germany also became the centrepiece for a US vs. Russia proxy war, Syria would lik

> West Germany had a similar culture to their occupant, the east not so much. Germany also became the centrepiece for a US vs. Russia proxy war, Syria would likely become the same and is arguably already in that state. That why I said mostly. However I still think Russia/East Germany is way closer than France or US/Syria or Iraq. Other than that Germany was not the only European power that kept suffering the consequences of WWII well into the '80s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Gladio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Gladio