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After being defeated in World War II, the country lost 29% of its territory. What remained was divided into 4 occupational zones. Over 7 million men perished, and more than 2 million were mutilated. In addition to this, Germany had to pay reparations to the victorious countries amounting to 500 billion dollars, and the victors had the opportunity to extract resources, factories, and even entire power stations from Germany. Yet, within just 3 years, the country managed to return to pre-war levels of production, and by the mid-1960s, Germany became the most industrially developed country in continental Europe. Cars, machinery, food, medicine. Germany conquered the whole world. How did a destroyed country manage to become the most industrially developed country in Europe in just 20 years, and why did the USA, which fought against the Third Reich, actively invest in the welfare of German citizens?

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