The rest of the world thinks you're silly

[Sigurd]

So to get back on track, what can we learn from this?
First, of course, that Germany never achieved anything...

Ah.. but you forget Steel... German high quality steel from before 1945. The most sought after steel resource in the world. Crucial to space programs as it contains little to no radioactivity. Also the steel from the old German navy is the only steel plates that they use with confidence of not breaking or warping during road work, to cover road holes for traffic to drive on. If you have a Tirpitz type ship lying in your back yard, you'll be rich.

[Husar]

How does warfare relate to health care?

Because the place you will find the highest percentage employees with automatic health insurance and socialized medicine in the USA is the military.

Yes, but the military is the only thing worth spending money on since only wars count as achievements and everyone in there is a hero who sacrifices his life for lazy burger flippers who aren't worth anything really.

Ah.. but you forget Steel... German high quality steel from before 1945. The most sought after steel resource in the world. Crucial to space programs as it contains little to no radioactivity. Also the steel from the old German navy is the only steel plates that they use with confidence of not breaking or warping during road work, to cover road holes for traffic to drive on. If you have a Tirpitz type ship lying in your back yard, you'll be rich.

Lies, scapa flow never happened and if it did, it was certainly not an achievement, it just shows once more what a pathetic country Germany is that never achieved anything and only had balls when it was so evil that the balls don't count.

[Papewaio]

Technology might =/= morally right

If Germans occupation methods as per Poland had been applied by the Allies to Germany. Then 20% of the population post surrender would have been killed. So yes WWII Germany had technology but it was even more lucky in how at least its Western partition got treated considering its own value system.

[Husar]

Technology might =/= morally right

Yes, but I could swear that two posters here basically said "might makes right" and they don't care about anything else as long as their country has might. And why would they?

If Germans occupation methods as per Poland had been applied by the Allies to Germany. Then 20% of the population post surrender would have been killed. So yes WWII Germany had technology but it was even more lucky in how at least its Western partition got treated considering its own value system.

Absolutely, if we hadn't been so pathetic as to lose the war, this wouldn't be an issue though.

[Papewaio]

I also agree that might =/= right, nor does USA of WWII = USA of now.

Nor do I think that technology = might.

WWII Germany had lots of shiny new gadgets. It just didn't have enough resources to keep up supplying them for a long war. As such they had a tech advantage in the short term but not sustainable might.

US going into Iraq did a similar thing by outsourcing to contractors believing the Iraqis would automatically welcome them and democracy, thereby increasing their cost base dramatically for a long term engagement.