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Germany was one of the least militarized countries after WWII. They were kind of scared of themselves.
by watwut 7mo ago
Germany was one of the least militarized countries after WWII. They were kind of scared of themselves.
- samus 7mo agoQuite the contrary; up until the end of the Cold War both German states were highly militarized. They were quite happy to be able to roll back a lot of it after the reunification though.
- aleph_minus_one 7mo agoRather: the "victorious" countries of the Second World war were afraid of a re-militarization of Germany. On the other hand, they wanted to re-militarize the Western part of Germany just a little bit so that West Germany could become part of the NATO.