I learned a lot from my dad's old science books, printed up to 1970 or so. They were all in german. Even after WW2, the (West) german engineering talent and 'g

I learned a lot from my dad's old science books, printed up to 1970 or so. They were all in german. Even after WW2, the (West) german engineering talent and 'gründlichkeit' was well respected in Europe. Afaik, English as lingua franca mostly came frome hollywood. Hence anglicanization could only seriously start after most people got TVs. WW2 created tons of goodwill towards the USA, so nobody really tried to stop it.