Re: So if you ever wonder why Germany and Japan became so strong economically thats why
***Well, when WW2 started Germany was also very strong so the excuse of "free American money" (which wasn't really free) doesn't really cut it.***
Germany was very definitely NOT economically strong at the start of WW2. It was barely being kept afloat by the looting of the Austrian and Czech treasuries and a great deal of financial shenanigans.
There is a very good book called "The Wages of Destruction" by Adam Tooze that goes into the pre-war (and wartime) German economy and how they were (barely) able to to pay for rearmament and what this meant for the average German worker (hint - poverty, especially compared to the likes of a British worker).
***TSR2 - a world leading design that was cancelled...***
On the one hand the TSR2 was indeed a world leading design. On the other it was very much a bleeding edge design with all that implies for costs and development time. At the time of cancellation it still had massive issues to overcome, some of which they weren't even sure if they could be overcome. An endless financial black hole is not something the governments of the day could look upon with calm soothing thoughts. Especially when the F-111 was being developed with American money and at American risk.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
