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Originally posted by BlasterBates View PostYes they were demilitarised initially and their factories were also dismantled and moved to allied countries, but in the 1950's they moved on.
So presumably you're suggesting that a couple of years in the 1950's when the Germans had rebuilt some of their factories and didn't have any military spending is the reason for their success over the following 60 years.
The UK dismantled German factories up until 1950. Surely getting "free" machines should have meant the UK would have a thriving industry.
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Originally posted by LondonManc View PostThe Potsdam Agreement mainly.
So presumably you're suggesting that a couple of years in the 1950's when the Germans had rebuilt some of their factories and didn't have any military spending is the reason for their success over the following 60 years.
The UK dismantled German factories up until 1950. Surely getting "free" machines should have meant the UK would have a thriving industry.Last edited by BlasterBates; 23 June 2020, 10:36.
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Originally posted by BlasterBates View PostWhere do you get that from, that is complete nonsense or do you mean the period where Germany was just a load of ruins.
The other myth about Germany getting more from the Marshall plan sounds better
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Originally posted by LondonManc View PostWhile the Germans had the acrimony of losing WW2, they were demilitarised, giving them a massive financial advantage of not having to worry about armed forces spending and could therefore concentrate on industrial efforts instead. Instead we ended up heavily unionised and outputting the Morris Marina and MG Maestro.
The other myth about Germany getting more from the Marshall plan sounds better
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Whilst we are on the subject of turd removal, anybody heard from sas lately?
Is he still attempting to ingratiate himself to Portuguese hill-bumpkins?
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Originally posted by Old Greg View PostThey were also massively deindustrialised and large amounts of intellectual property confiscated.
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Originally posted by LondonManc View PostWhile the Germans had the acrimony of losing WW2, they were demilitarised, giving them a massive financial advantage of not having to worry about armed forces spending and could therefore concentrate on industrial efforts instead. Instead we ended up heavily unionised and outputting the Morris Marina and MG Maestro.
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Originally posted by darmstadt View Post“How come the Germans do everything better, and when all we have to do is copy them, we fail?”
Therein lies one of the most profound questions of modern British politics.
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Originally posted by James Brokenshire;TodayIt is concerning to see the situation in Germany and it’s why we are informed in our actions by experience from around the world, why the chief scientific officer, the chief medical officer, speak to their counterparts in different parts of the world to ensure that we are applying the best learning and the best experience in informing our next steps.
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Originally posted by Mordac View PostBecause nobody knows where the Sudetenland is...
Or, nobody wants (or has the balls to try) to tear up a thousand years of 'the British way of doing things' and adopt the German models of Government, democracy, education, and pretty much everything else which The Germans do differently. And yes, in some cases much better. Germany is a very young country, and after WWII they went back to square one. It isn't such a profound question when you're comparing apples with something that isn't apples.
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Originally posted by Mordac View PostBecause nobody knows where the Sudetenland is...
Or, nobody wants (or has the balls to try) to tear up a thousand years of 'the British way of doing things' and adopt the German models of Government, democracy, education, and pretty much everything else which The Germans do differently. And yes, in some cases much better. Germany is a very young country, and after WWII they went back to square one. It isn't such a profound question when you're comparing apples with something that isn't apples.
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Originally posted by darmstadt View Post“How come the Germans do everything better, and when all we have to do is copy them, we fail?”
Therein lies one of the most profound questions of modern British politics.
Or, nobody wants (or has the balls to try) to tear up a thousand years of 'the British way of doing things' and adopt the German models of Government, democracy, education, and pretty much everything else which The Germans do differently. And yes, in some cases much better. Germany is a very young country, and after WWII they went back to square one. It isn't such a profound question when you're comparing apples with something that isn't apples.
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