To be fair, the germans were (let's lump both world wars here) attempting to replace the brits with themselves, not just play spoiler[0] and take them down. (I

To be fair, the germans were (let's lump both world wars here) attempting to replace the brits with themselves, not just play spoiler[0] and take them down. (I've seen at least one economist claim that given the growth differentials, they would've been better off peacefully outcompeting them, but maybe the "Thucydides trap"[1] was already sprung? Even so, it's still an own goal) [0] although this does make doing a Bradbury even more apt [1] compare "always two there are. no more. no less."