If Hitler and WWII did not happen, would Germany be number one in technology and industry?

A superpower requires global influence, major economic strength, and military might.

At the moment, Germany has major economic power and is propping up a lot of EU countries ( as a result of post-war action and nothing to do with Hitler, whos economy was a sham). Would Germany be in that position without Hitler and WW2 is harder to answer. Possibly not, the Weimar Republic (Germany in the inter-war years) was an economic mess and being propped up by other European countries and the United States. Would that allow a massive successful industry? The Weimar Republic's influence did not extend beyond her neighbors, and without Hitler it would hopefully mean more co-operation with the League of Nations and the Treaty of Versailles meaning a limited military. Germany would never have became a superpower because Europe, for centuries had managed to maintain the balance of power: the other countries ganged up on the greatest power and put them in their place.

Interesting question, assuming Germany is number one in industry and technology. What type of industry and technology? Other countries have a solid foothold in industry and technology, but I think the thing they all have in common (Japan, China, Singapore) all have a cultural emphasis in education. I think Germany is definitely a culture with an emphasis in education, regardless of WWII, they would be a force, but I don't think they would be the force they are today without the forces of war. Just as aviation and space exploration would have happened eventually, but not as soon as it has without the pressures of time WWII and the Cold War provided.

No, because the jews thru the Treaty of Versailles, International Banking (Rothschilds, etc) and the Weimar Republic were bleeding Germany dry...as evidenced with the hyper-inflation that threatened to starve out Germany...in a manner similar to what they did to Russia in the wholly jewish led Bolshevik Revolution of 1917.

What makes you think that?

While Germany had a lead in rocket technology, and a tiny lead in a few other areas, the British were the real innovators where it counted, sometimes being teamed with the US. And the Anglo-Americans made the choice to produce technology that was more useful to the purposes at hand, where the Germans would have done better to waste fewer resources on wonder-weapons that couldn't be decisive, thereby diverting themselves from production of stuff that might have made a little more difference

No WW2

No Fire sale

no cash and carry

No Lend lease

No fall of Singapore

No deal in 1942 Made By India Help you in WW2 for Independence

the USA would have taken to about 1948 to get out of the depression

No Marchall Plan Money for your empire

so with all that in Mind the empire would have changed Because of the Act Of Westminster

but the UK would have been stronger than Germany because the treaty of Versailles would still have been In Place

Not necessarily. Germany had a vibrant scientific and industrial community, but so did a number of other countries - Britain, France, Belgium, the United States, Sweden, Japan, and so on. Nazi rule and the war did a lot of damage, but they also provided a lot of stimulus, so whose to say how things would have worked out? How many future scientists were killed in each country? How many were ruined by the war? It's impossible to say.

No, because Germany was crippled by WW1. I believe that Germany is better off now than it would have been if WWII did not happen.

Actually no.. The Nazis actually made some stunning discoveries in technology using the Jews.. and they also gained a lot of land from WWII

there fore they would be a smaller country with much less knowledge although the holocaust was a tragedy

Don't think so, Fred. I'd say they'd be number eight. Seven, tops.

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Japan? It's OK. I prefer Borneo, though. Better scenery.