>>32049 del
> there was a brief period of stability
LOL after outright famine?

>The German Empire, Weimar and the Third Reich were all behind England, and even more so, America.
Oh please...
Germany was one of the leading industrial nations, it was the leading nation in science and research. Foreigner came to worship German universities.

>like Japan
There is no comparision...
Japan was third world compared to Germany and did only catch up after the war in the 1950-60's with lots of "papercliped" stolen German know how.

>took a long time to truly catch up with the First World in living standards and economic modernization.
Please...
Labour delegations to Germany before the Great War were shocked to learn how much better the living condition for the German working class were compared to the situation in Britain.

German ruled Europe had first class living situation, that those countries separating from it would no longer experience for hundred years after until again a German financed restoration happened.