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And World War 2 saw a complete leveling of most of the country…

• ericd 3y ago
  But then massive investment by the US.
  • kaesar14 3y ago
    Sure but parent comment is blowing off a lot of factors working against Germany’s spectacular recovery lol. “Several million young dead men” is a bit of an understatement too
    • fragmede 3y ago
      but, owing to cultural changes, it turns out that women can also perform the work necessary for an economy to function.
      • kaesar14 3y ago
        Losing millions of your own population isn’t something that can be brushed off.
      • ericd 3y ago
        It’s not like those women were doing nothing before, so something else gets deprioritized.