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"American products were inferior to German-Austrian-Swizzerland ones" Got some examples? Cars are a given, but I couldn't think of any others where the differe
by ZenoArrow 12y ago
"American products were inferior to German-Austrian-Swizzerland ones"
Got some examples? Cars are a given, but I couldn't think of any others where the difference was that pronounced.
- WalterBright 12y agoAirplanes, aviation engines, jet engines, rockets
- leoc 12y agoOptics too, I think. The superiority of German optics was a big deal in WWII, though I'm not certain how they compared specifically to US products.
- junto 12y agoKarl Zeiss is still a big name in optics: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Zeiss http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Zeiss
- leoc 12y agoYes, and not just them: http://www.gtai.de/GTAI/Content/EN/Invest/_SharedDocs/Downloads/GTAI/Info-sheets/Electronics/info-sheet-optics-photonics-industry-en.pdf http://www.gtai.de/GTAI/Content/EN/Invest/_SharedDocs/Downlo... It's definitely still an area of strength for Germany.
- ZenoArrow 12y agoAre you talking about pre-WW2 or post-WW2?
- WalterBright 12y agopre-WW2
- commandar 12y agoOn the other hand, German bombing sights were vastly inferior to what was available to the Allies, leading Germany to adopt a dive-bombing doctrine that lead to vastly inferior heavy bombers.