Fanta also has an interesting history: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/fanta-soda-origins-nazi-germany https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/fanta-soda-or

Fanta also has an interesting history: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/fanta-soda-origins-nazi-germany https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/fanta-soda-origins-naz... Also overlooked in the post WWII analysis (apart from historians) is the influence of the Adenauer government: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirtschaftswunder https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirtschaftswunder There’s a great book called “the shortest history of Germany” that covers it nicely. It’s fascinating. This type of government action (included devaluation of citizens money but allowing companies to retain their value, cheap, highly motivated and educated labour force) likely had a much great impact than the Marshall Plan which is what you always hear about today. The book also goes into details on how the border of the Roman world still today predicts the richest regions of Germany, and created a split in the East/West “world”.