Heydrich,
I think that you missed a lot in your history lessons. Germany was the economic power of the early 1900's. It surpassed Britian sometime around 1905. At the end of WW1, anything of value was stripped from Germany by the victorious allies.
Hitler, inspite all his unquestioned evilness, did do some good things in his early years. The Autobaun was one of them. The idea was not so much to build a modern road but rather to put people to work. Maybe you read about the Great Depression? President Roosevelt had the same idea when he built the Hoover Dam. Actually, if it was not for WW2, the suffering of the world during the Great Depression would have lasted longer than it did. Unemployment was still around 14% in America in 1940 inspite of two years of military build up in anticipation of the war.
Peoples of Europe all have a greater appreciation for history than the typical American. You sound like the world began with cowboys and indians. As far as the Midievil rememberances go, the next time that you have the TV on, turn off the cartoons and look at other channels. England, Italy as well as Canada still enjoy the costumes of that various eras along with other countries. Capes, swords and plumed military hats are still worn in certain South American and European countries on certain occasions. American marine officers still wear swords and capes on certain occasions. All American military branches have impressive fancy dress uniforms that they wear on special occasions.
The Luger and the K98 were, and still are, splendid weapons. The main reason that the Luger was used in WW2 was that the Germans had warehouses filled with them. The Luger was obsoleted around 1938-9 by a better weapon called the P-38. Maybe you heard of it? But a war and higher priorities interfered with the necessary mass production. Maybe you didn't know, but the American military and maybe the British military were using bolt action rifles at the beginning of WW2.
Big Norm
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