a) January 1940 Germany
[Germany had been through the Polish campaign but not the western campaign]
b) August 1939 Germany
[Germany had occupied Bohemia and Austria]
c) September 1938 Germany
[Germany had occupied Austria]
d) January 1938 Germany
[Germany had not territorially expanded]
e) January 1936 Germany
[German rearmament was less advanced than in any of the above and Germany had not yet placed military units in the Rhineland]
f) None of the above, January 1945 Germany was weaker than a, b, c, d & e
In answering the poll, for which you can select multiple responses, consider the power of Germany at one stage relative to Germany at another (in terms of things like population, GDP, infrastructure, technology and tactics) but also how Germany compared with its actual or potential enemies's power at any given time.
Germany of January 1945 obviously had a higher technology level than any prior Germany, but was exhausted by war, hurt demographically but it also had stored loot from other parts of the continent.
Here's a picture of what the German-held area looked like in January 1945:
[Germany had been through the Polish campaign but not the western campaign]
b) August 1939 Germany
[Germany had occupied Bohemia and Austria]
c) September 1938 Germany
[Germany had occupied Austria]
d) January 1938 Germany
[Germany had not territorially expanded]
e) January 1936 Germany
[German rearmament was less advanced than in any of the above and Germany had not yet placed military units in the Rhineland]
f) None of the above, January 1945 Germany was weaker than a, b, c, d & e
In answering the poll, for which you can select multiple responses, consider the power of Germany at one stage relative to Germany at another (in terms of things like population, GDP, infrastructure, technology and tactics) but also how Germany compared with its actual or potential enemies's power at any given time.
Germany of January 1945 obviously had a higher technology level than any prior Germany, but was exhausted by war, hurt demographically but it also had stored loot from other parts of the continent.
Here's a picture of what the German-held area looked like in January 1945: