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Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of sixteen states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. It covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. With 81.8 million inhabitants, it is the most populous member state and the largest economy in the European Union. It is one of the major political powers of the European continent and a technological leader in many fields.

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    How did Germany manage to protect their manufacturing sector?

    Jul 2, 2011, 20:49
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    germany uses that evil socialism.
    Jul 2, 2011, 09:52
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    How can countries like Germany and France have laws that imprison people for an opinion?

    Sep 4, 2007, 21:48
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    They don't. Holocaust deniars are not punished for an opinion, but for hate speech, antisemitic incitement and slander and insult of the dead, the survivors, and their relatives. If you deny the Holocaust, you claim that all these people who suffered through it and all those who lost family in it were liars, and that there were some kind of Jewish conspiracy to make it up.
    And nobody gets arrested for personally believing the Holocaust didn't happen. Only few people were convicted for Holocaust denial and they were active neo-Nazis who actively promoted Nazi propaganda that contained Holocaust denial. I saw that in your other question you asked about Ernst Zündel in particular. Well that is a very clear case. He was convicted for incitement and slander, not for an opinion.

    Holocaust denial is not only illegal in Germany and France, but also in many other countries which are all free democratic countries. These countries also have general laws against racist and antisemitic agitation and against slander. This is not in contradiction with the principle of free speech. Free speech has its limits when people harm others and deliberately spread lies in order to incite hatred.
    Sep 7, 2007, 05:08
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    What kind of relationship does Germany currently have with the United States?

    Oct 6, 2009, 19:51
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    Germany is one of our strongest allies.We still have bases in Germany, they have no nukes. Germany belongs to NATO, witch has troops in Afghanistan. If we go to war again I'm sure Germany will be on our side.
    Oct 6, 2009, 09:20
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    What would result if Germany was the first country to industrialize?

    Jun 2, 2009, 23:46
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    Completely unlikely. Get your facts sorted out first.
    There were only two nations that started to industrialize early: England and France.
    Germany didn't even exist. They were a bunch of smaller independent states. Only after Germany unified became serious industrialization possible.Even Prussia alone (which was industrialized) wouldn't have made a great impact.
    Jun 2, 2009, 14:06
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    What would happen if Germany condemned the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?

    Oct 20, 2010, 22:00
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    Germany didn't side with anyone at the time, Germany just saw everything coming and didn't let anyone know.
    Oct 20, 2010, 11:02
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    How did the United States respond to Germany after the sinking of the Lusitania?

    Feb 6, 2011, 02:31
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    As a future German citizen after I throw away my USA of america citizenship, Germany had to do what it had too do. Who are YOU to judge! We were at war with America! BTW (bye the way), its called Lufthansa not Lusitania. You cant sink a plane!
    Feb 6, 2011, 04:38
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    Should Britain and France force Czechoslovakia to give in to Germany´s demands of the Sudetenland?

    Mar 31, 2008, 19:54
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    Giving in to an aggressor nation only bring about more aggression. Hitler was systematically absorbing neighboring countries, building up his own power base.

    Giving up Czechoslovakia handed Germany the means to make the war last as long as it did. The Czechs possessed a strong arms production base, as well as a well armed and armored military.

    While it is true that standing on it's own, Germany would have been able to win a conflict between the two.

    However, if France and Britain stood up to Germany, and fulfilled it's treaty obligations, Germany would have fallen from attacks by France and England in the West, and the Czechs in the south.

    Germany at that point did not have the "unstoppable" war machine that we know about from the conquest of Poland and France. They would have had nearly no troops left for the defense.

    Though a war would have started earlier, it would have saved the lived of millions of civilians, troops and the Holocaust would never have happened.

    So no, Czechoslovakia should not have been handed over to Germany.
    Mar 31, 2008, 09:49
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    What r the measures of Germany has implemented to cope with an ageing population?

    Dec 19, 2012, 11:30
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    Three trends are characteristic of demographic developments in Germany: a low birth rate, increasing life expectancy and an aging society. For more than 30 years now Germany has been witnessing few births: With slight fluctuations, since 1975 the number of newborn infants has been approximately 1.3 children per woman. This means that for 35 years the generation of children has been smaller than that of their parents. High rates of immigration to Germany prevented the overall population from shrinking accordingly. At the same time, as in other wealthy nations, life expectancy has risen continuously, and is now 77 years for men and 82 years for women.

    In addition, family-related measures to increase the number of children, such as raising child benefit and increasing the number of kindergarten and crèche places, are also being implemented.

    These measures are slowly succeeding.

    Have a pleasant day.
    Dec 20, 2012, 10:13
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    How come Germany has the military might to invade many European countries during the II world war?

    Jan 7, 2008, 11:08
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    Its really strange when you think about it, huh? This country was beaten completely in world war I , how the hell did it have the might to almost defeat all other countries only 25 years later?

    Its a combination of factors that contributed to the incredible power that the germans had at the beginning of WW2. And you also have to incalculate the advantages they had DURING the war. Let me try to explain:

    Sure, after WWI, Germany was wrecked. But to be honest, so was all of Europe. Pretty much all european countries lost a generation and a half in the trenches, and France and England didnt do any different. But where France and England, Germany's only real adversaries in Europe, built up moderately slowly, Germany didnt seem to do all that well. This was mainly because of the enormous amounts of money that germany was being forced to pay to the victors of WWI. It all changed when Adolf Hitler, a man with a good military and economic vision, but a demonic look on the human race, gained power.

    The first thing he did was to stop paying money to the countries that had beaten germany in WWI. Then, he set up a grand mining program, namely in the Ruhr area. This ensured that Germany had access to far greater quantities of iron and coal than any other European country. Then, he set up all kinds of programs and institutes for scientific and military research, ensuring that Germany would at the very least not get behind in weapon technologies. He started building up a massive army, consisting of millions and millions of infantry, but also the largest tankforce the world had seen until then, the biggest airfleet in Europe, and a fleet so powerful that, with the help of the infamous U-boats, (quite advanced attack submarines) it could take on even the English and American fleets. The other countries... they just LET him. France and England were too cought up in their own economic troubles, and America was still not ready to step out into the world and claim its position as worlds most powerful country. Hitler also forged alliances with Russia, Italy, Austria and Japan, thus getting the 4th and 5th most powerful countries in Europe by his side, as well as the largest and one of the most powerful countries on earth, Russia. By enlisting the Japanese, he also ensured himself of a force that would keep the Asian powers busy, AND possibly distract America for long enough.

    This all contributed to Germany's "sudden" strenght. Lots of iron and coal, an incredible amount of patriottism, good diplomatics, advanced technologies, and of course Germany is the biggest country in Europe. Also, the incredibly effective war tactics of the Germans was unpreceeded at that point in time. They used tanks as the main structure of any attack, and lots of them. The U-boats basically had free roam for years until the allieds founds ways to beat them (sonar). And the german airforce was a force to be reckoned with. Count with that the "stormkrieg" tactic, which basically means "overwhelm your enemy before he has time to strike back", and the german success was not so strange after all.
    Jan 6, 2008, 23:48
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    How did Germany recover the economy after ww2?

    Mar 29, 2013, 20:00
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    You could cite any number of reasons as to how Germany became the economic powerhouse it is today, but first I'll give you a bit of information on a key figure behind the German Economic Miracle (Wirtschaftwunder), which helped get Germany back on its feet.

    Ludwig Erhard served in several economic positions during the 3rd Reich, but refused to become a Nazi. In 1942, he realized that Germany was going to lose the war, and began drawing up plans for post-war reconstruction, which were based around the scenario of Germany losing the war. These plans became the blueprint in reviving the German economy. Erhard believed that cutting taxes drastically, reforming the currency (Reichsmark -> Deutschmark), and removing price controls would revitalize the economy.

    Cutting taxes resulted in the German population paying less money to the government, and allowed the to retain more of the money that they earned. This left them with more money to buy what they needed, and not spend long hours foraging for the food and supplies they needed to survive. It also allowed them to buy more of what they needed.

    Reforming the currency, which removed the worthless Reichsmark, and replaced it with the stronger Deutschmark, did wonders for the economy. It cut down on inflation by reducing the amount of money in circulation, and gave Germans more buying power with their stronger currency. This also helped increase production, because now that the money was worth more, it was worthwhile to go to work to earn that money. This increased the output of goods and services, which is generally good for a struggling economy.

    During the war, the Nazi government placed price controls on many goods, which allowed them to purchase the things they needed to make war for very cheap. This hurt businesses, and didn't make it worthwhile to produce their goods. With the removal of these price controls, companies had more freedom to run their operations, and were able to set their goods at a price more beneficial to them, yet low enough for consumers to want to buy them. This gave them an incentive to produce more goods, and was a help in eliminating the rampant shortages that plagued Germany.

    The Marshall Plan actually didn't do a whole lot to help Germany. At its peak, it only provided 5% of Germany's national income. Plus, Germany was paying billions in reparations and occupation fees in order to help keep the occupying Allies funded.

    There are many other reasons to help explain why Germany was able to pull of its economic miracle and become an economic powerhouse in today's economy, and these are only a few. I did answer a question similar to this one a little while back, if you wanted to look at that too. It deals with Germany's relatively good economy after reunification, but a couple of the points can help to explain your question too.

    http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AsWSm.UMAB.IO0jvq.lIQBPty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20130307094540AAY49QY

    Also, if you look up "German Economic Miracle", you should be able to find quite a bit of information.

    Sorry if everything is a little scattered and confusing :( I hope this at least helped!
    Mar 29, 2013, 10:25