Germany

Allied armies were ranging over all of Germany. Hitler was dead, Berlin captured by the Soviets. The country had no oil, its armaments industry was either, destroyed, captured or lacked raw materials. Continuation of the war was futile and would only cause more casualties without altering the outcome in the least. Germany had already fought for much longer than was sensible.

Ever since the end of the Second World War, the German army has been in a sense of disarray of some kind.

Even after all these years, Germany is still struggling as a result of Hitler's actions.

It is only recently, in 2011-2012, that the German military is beginning to balance itself again.

After the end of the Second World War, military-trained men were scarce. So little in fact that many army platoons and corps had to be disbanded after Germany surrendered. Simply because there were not enough men to fill the ranks.

Things didn't get much better during the Cold War either. The remaining German armies were split between Eastern and Western Germany by the Berlin Wall.

The West side of the wall, controlled by the Allies, were very paranoid of the German army, refusing to co-operate with them, meaning further German corps were disbanded.

On the East side, controlled by the communists, the German army was treated as a "slave army". Again, causing more corps to disband.

After the Cold War, Germany managed to slowly set up 11 divisions and 27 Brigades.

However they have gone through so many changes, re-organisations, merges and disbands since then.

For example, 25th German Airbourne were re-organised and merged into Kommando Spezialkräfte (German Special Commandos, inspired by the British Royal Commandos because the Germans admired their performance in World War 2 and the Cold War).

Nowadays, all corps have been disbanded and the soldiers merged into newer divisions or brigades.

In the coming years (2012, 2013+) Germany plans to disband or merge even more of it's army.

- 13th German Mechanised Infantry is planned to be disbanded.

- Airmobile Operations and Special Operations Division will be merged.

- 1st Airmobile brigade will be disbanded and the units shuffled between different divisions.

- None of the heavy divisions will be disbanded or merged. However there are still secret plans to reshuffle the army some more.

In summary, Germany does have a good army. But since the end of the Second World War it has been the centre of so much shuffling, disbands and merges, that in a war the German Army, at it's current state, would be unprepared.

The German Army would make a good defensive force if Germany came under attack. But if Germany was to invade another country, the military would be plagued with miscoordination and confusion.

The German Army were smashed so hard by the allies during World War 2 and disfigured so much by the Allies and communists during the Cold War, that even today the Army is still recovering.

It could be another five-to-eight years before the German Army is ever effective enough to be an invasion force again.

The Neunschwanstein Castle is 131 Years old, And Constructed September 5th, 1869

Answer posted September 19th, 2011

If we talk about the still-reigning monarchs of today: the kings of Holland and Belgium and the Queen of Great Britain

That depends on how you define "computer". It is generally accepted that Konrad Zuse (a German) designed and built the first programmable electro-mechanical computing machine, or digital computer, called the Z3, in 1941. It was destroyed during the course of World War II.

As soon as it started, the popular objections were small and localized.

The national sport of Germany is Association Football

Japan emerged as a world power after WW 1, but Germany was weak and humiliated.

Germany has a population of 82,400,996. Out of this 0.119% are Hindus. The population of Hindu in Germany is 98,057. Out of these followers of Hinduism, 45,000 are Tamil, 8,000 are from Afghanistan, 7,500 are white, and the rest are Indian and others.

Yes it is, as well as 12 other countries. (Note that this relates to public denial).

Werner Faymenn is the Federal Chancellor of the Republic of Austria. Faymenn took power on 2008 December 2 after the 2008 September legislative election, leading the Social Democratic Party to 57 seats out of 183, a loss of 11 seats.

At the end of both world wars, both times due to hefty reparation fees forced upon them by the United States or her Allies (for example, at the end of the First World War, Germany was deemed responsible for the entire conflict, and was made to pay 132 billion Reichsmarks - Worth about $430 billion USD today).

In !938, Austria joined the extention of German law.

the full list of countries Gemany occopied during WW2 is this:

* Albania * Austria * Belgium * Byelorussia (part of the USSR) * Channel Islands (part of Britain) * The Crimea (part of the USSR) * Czechoslovakia (absorbed half, the other half forming the country of Slovakia) * Denmark * Estonia * France * Greece * Latvia * Lithuania * Luxembourg * Netherlands (Holland) * Norway * Poland * Russia (partially) * The Sudentenland * Parts of the Transcaucus region (part of the USSR) * Ukraine (part of the USSR) * Yugoslavia yhea, alot of countries, i know.

America fought Germany to end the reign of adolf Hitler.

The UK parliament is bicameral, the two chambers are called;- House of Commons (Lower house directly elected) House of Lords (Upper house politically appointed + bishops from Church of England)

September 30, 1938-Munich Conference/Munich Agreement: British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and French leaders publically appeased Hitler. They allowed Germany to annex the Sudetenland the westernmost region of Czechoslovakia and incorporate it into the Reich "for the sake of peace." In exchange for this, Hitler gave his word that Germany would make no further territorial claims in Europe.

October 1, 1938-German troops occupy the Sudetenland (Czechoslovakia).

March 1939- Hitler breaks his Munich Agreement when German troops occupy the remainder of Czechoslovakia.

Up until the tenth century, the Germans were a loose knit group of tribes. Over time they began to form nations. Eventually the people who lived in these nations began to call themselves Germans. The real unification of the Germans took place when Luther published the German Bible in 1534 but this was a unity through language rather than culture. The country of Germany was established in its present form when Otto von Bismarck led the move to unification in 1871.

Short answer: They were tribes of people who shared the same culture.

The allied powers of Europe did not challenge Germany as it expanded its territory by force. This policy was called appeasement. Basically, Britain and France as well as the USA were asleep at the wheel.

Located in central Europe, Germany is positioned in both the northern and eastern hemispheres.

It was the BISMARCK battleship, which sank Britain's HOOD in 1941 and was sunk itself a few days later in the Atlantic Ocean close to Brest, France.

NO it wasn't. It was the Tirpitz which hid in a Norwegian fjord and was bombed and sunk Tirpitz was 2 metres longer overall and 1200 tons heavier (basic displacement) Tirpitz never fought and so most people think the Bismarck was larger, it was only a similar ship. The Bismarck and Tirpitz were sisterships, but the Tirpitz was a bit larger. Bismarck inflicted severe damage on the British battleship Prince of Wales at the Battle of Denmark Strait, but it was probably the German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen which sank the British battle cruiser Hood. The Tirpitz did venture into the Atlantic, but without the success of other German warships.

The German federal capital is Berlin. The capitals of the 16 individual states (Länder) are:

Baden-Württemburg: Stuttgart

Bavaria: Munich

Berlin: Berlin

Brandenburg: Potsdam

Bremen: Bremen

Hamburg: Hamburg

Hesse: Wiesbaden

Lower Saxony: Hannover

Mecklenburg Vorpommern: Schwerin

North Rhein-Westphalia: Düsseldorf

Rheinland-Palatinate: Mainz

Saarland: Saarbrücken

Saxony: Dresden

Saxony-Anhalt: Magdeburg

Schleswig Holstein: Kiel

Thuringia: Erfurt

Berlin is the biggest city in Germany- it's also the capital!

Surprisingly, yes, there are neo-Nazis who still admire Hitler. Despite the illegality of it, some neo-Nazis still go to places associated with Hitler as a sort of pilgrimage- notably his birthplace in Braunau am Inn, Austria.