What makes the Germans better than than the rest all of the world in term of technological advancement?

Question

I mean after WW2, both USA and Russians race to secure the German scientists to advance their technology.

But what makes these German scientists so talented when their country was suffering the humiliation of the Versallies Treaty?

Answer 1

So much came out of Germany even before the wars, in music, technology, science, chemistry, physics, philosophy (including Immanuel Kant, Friedrich Schiller, Luther, Max Weber, Engels, etc, and etc...) ... so its not just "desperation" ....anyways, there was a cultural value difference, or policy attitude:



1 Don't stop at past limitations of technology and knowledge,

disregard limitations and what would be considered "impossible". Think beyond what is known or what could be achieved before, find the way to make the "impossible' possible. Just get at it, find the way. One example of civil engineering was the superhighway, Find a way to design a road so you could drive fast and never worry about intersections, and yet be able to pass intersecting roads, and get on and off the highway at various places between beginning and end. Changed whatever had to change in order to achieve that goal and let nothing interfere with achieving it.



Even now, other countries said magnetic-levatation train travel is a nice theory, and make excuses not to develop it, while German scientists and engineers are disregarding excuses why it can't be done in real life, and finding a way to make it real. China also put aside all excuses and invested funds in German engineers and actually built it there.

There is no German war now, that finished 52 years ago, and Germany is not a desperate country, but still accomplishing what others aren't.



2 Make no compromises. With regard to engineering, exactitude, precision, concern for quality, with no compromises or approximations to interfere, and the best qualified to work on projects, not the best connected nepotism as in other countries. Its not a racial thing, its just the way things are done.



3 Perhaps also work values. Workplace is for work, not socializing, playing, goofing off. Lunch is for eating, not for discussing business, and worktime is for working. Its a productivity strength that helped Germany pull out of total devastation and defeat even after losing the second world war, and is still the economic powerhouse of Europe.

Answer 2

If Germans would win,they were going to take the scientists of the loosing country,nothing makes them special or better,USA was advanced on the nuclear technology while the Germans were better on the Rockets and thank God it was like that,if it was the opposite we would be German speaking mutants all over the world of course if by any chance survived from a consantration camp.

Answer 3

German Scientists had invented The World's first Ballistic Missiles, Cruise Missiles, and Jet Fighters during the course of WW2. While at the same time the height of Allied Air technology were Prop Fighters, Why do you THINK American and Russian Governmeants wanted German Scientific Expertise?? Werner Von Braun was THE driving force behind Nasa's earliest space exploration programs.

Answer 4

simple answer: they weren't more advanced, they were more desperate



Frank Whittle, a brit, submitted the design for a jet in 1929. He worked on it over decades. There was a jet in the RAF in 1941, it just wasn't reliable.



The Germans had slightly better jets but not dramatically better. However they were losing badly and would try anything - so they fielded jets.



Likewise the Germans were unable to launch squadrons of bombers at their enemies (their airforce having largely been shot down) so they worked on rockets. It wasn't that they were great with rockets - it is that they could use nothing else and the allies had no need for rockets.



Tanks are a bit different. The russians had the best tank designs, but bad optics and crews. In almost every way russian tanks were better than German tanks, but bad optics and bad crews meant they performed worse.



American tanks were not designed to fight enemy tanks, so they faired badly against German tanks. Americans relied on tank destroyers to fight enemy tanks. The tank destroyers were much easier to produce and cheaper than German tanks, so the Americans could produce vastly more numbers. And the tank destroyers were fairly well matched against German tanks in a fight.

Answer 5

They were capturing German scientist who worked for Hitler to create military weapons, germany was focasing on military strenght and technology while the rest of the world wasn't so concerned with their armed forces until WW2 came around. It was like the Spartans who trained their whole lives to be world class warriors.

Answer 6

Jason,

We (allies) had just as many, if not more, talented scientists on our side in the run up to the War. Only problem was - we didn't know we were in a run up to WWII. These men and women were working on stuff that would help mankind - not destroy it.

The Nazis (including von Braun) were working on all these wonder weapons in the 1930"s!

Hitler would take food out of a baby's mouth and give it to von Braun at Peenemunde to work on jet aircraft. He was preparing for WWII the moment WWI ended 'cause he was NOT going to see Germany fail again. The Country was suffering after Versailles - not the War effort or von Braun.

Oh well, despite their head start - we beat them. (So who's the most talented, now?)

As von Braun had so much more experience (years!) and he was a brilliant man as well as a rabid Nazi, we brought him here to keep him away from the Russians - who were looking high and low for him.

Unfortunately, he is the "father" of our Space Program. We just naively ignore nasty aspects of his past.

Answer 7

Germany’s massive industrial buildup during the mid-19th century continued in the 20th century. By 1914, for instance, German coal production equaled that of the world’s largest producer, Britain. Numerous German technological innovations and scientific discoveries contributed to the nation’s industrial growth. In the automobile industry, the invention by Gottlieb Daimler of the gasoline motor and power carriage were complemented by Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel’s invention of the engine that bears his name. Daimler’s partnership with Karl Benz eventually yielded the world-famous Mercedes Benz and other car lines, rivaled by models from Bavarian Motor Works (BMW) and Volkswagen. In 1900 a dirigible airship was devised by Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin. From 1901 to 1930 German scientists won 26 Nobel prizes in chemistry, physics, and medicine. Although most known for giants in quantum physics such as Albert Einstein and Max Planck, Germany’s scientific community has made numerous contributions in every area of the natural and social sciences.

Answer 8

There would be a lot more actual human to human interaction, but I think technology is great to an extent. & NO, this world probably wouldn't be a great place to live without technological advancements.

Answer 9

They weren't.



Germany just threw a lot of money into research.



It could have been anyone.



BTW, the VW Bug was a product of German engineering. Go ask someone over 50 who had one how reliable they were.

Answer 10

Well, that's a loaded question. People are people, but I understand what you mean. They were focused and funded. In the earlier part of the war, the US was focused on making money.

Answer 11

good question!! i'm sorry i don't have an answer for it but i'll tell you one thing those people are passionate, kind, generous, loving, caring...etc seriously it's the truth and i'm not German : ) anyway i think because they have been threw alot of pain that made them become stronger and hope for the better for the next generation ....

Answer 12

The drive to rebuild their country and to enrich it. Sadly this drive was used to fuel war and mass destruction