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Many dictatorships eventually failed due to a lack of brains. The Third Reich is a prime example of this.

frozenport 10y ago
What? The German war machine was extremely efficient compared to its counterparts, especially if you compare the asymmetric casual count. Many technologies such as radar or jet aircraft were first used by the Germans. I'm pretty sure Germany lost because several countries united, and took heavy casualities fighting rather than a failure of the education aystem.
- sithadmin 10y ago
  The 'lack of brains' argument holds if you're looking at the Third Reich leadership rather than Germany as a nation. Aside from the poor choice of trying to take on both the USSR and the USA, near the end of the war, the Third Reich made a number of awful military tactics and logistics decisions that accelerated their loss.
  - frozenport 10y ago
    What? Albert Speer pulled off a "armaments miracle" where production increased despite allied bombings. [1] Hitler got extremely far in the war against the USSR, and probably lost (in his words [2]) because the USSR rapidly moved production beyond Nazi reach. Also the USSR had a resolve to send millions of people in near suicide waves, something the French refused. Also the unwillingness of the Japanese to attack the USSR [3]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Speer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Speer [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClR9tcpKZec https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClR9tcpKZec [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Sorge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Sorge
- woodandsteel 10y ago
  Most of the brilliant scientists and engineers behind that technology were trained before the Nazis came to power.
  - frozenport 10y ago
    This is necessarily true because the Nazi's were in power for less than 15 years. Nevertheless, many scientists, specifically those whose work was directly applicable to war effort received significant support. For example, Wernher von Braun, a large part of those thesis was classified. Also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEJ9HrZq7Ro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEJ9HrZq7Ro

What? The German war machine was extremely efficient compared to its counterparts, especially if you compare the asymmetric casual count. Many technologies such as radar or jet aircraft were first used by the Germans. I'm pretty sure Germany lost because several countries united, and took heavy casualities fighting rather than a failure of the education aystem.

sithadmin 10y ago
The 'lack of brains' argument holds if you're looking at the Third Reich leadership rather than Germany as a nation. Aside from the poor choice of trying to take on both the USSR and the USA, near the end of the war, the Third Reich made a number of awful military tactics and logistics decisions that accelerated their loss.
- frozenport 10y ago
  What? Albert Speer pulled off a "armaments miracle" where production increased despite allied bombings. [1] Hitler got extremely far in the war against the USSR, and probably lost (in his words [2]) because the USSR rapidly moved production beyond Nazi reach. Also the USSR had a resolve to send millions of people in near suicide waves, something the French refused. Also the unwillingness of the Japanese to attack the USSR [3]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Speer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Speer [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClR9tcpKZec https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClR9tcpKZec [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Sorge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Sorge
woodandsteel 10y ago
Most of the brilliant scientists and engineers behind that technology were trained before the Nazis came to power.
- frozenport 10y ago
  This is necessarily true because the Nazi's were in power for less than 15 years. Nevertheless, many scientists, specifically those whose work was directly applicable to war effort received significant support. For example, Wernher von Braun, a large part of those thesis was classified. Also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEJ9HrZq7Ro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEJ9HrZq7Ro