Why was Germany allowed to rearm after World War 2? (Short Animated Documentary)

UK: we dont want Germany to re-arm USA: it means you dont have to deal with the continent UK: I’M IN!

"The problem was that circumstances change." That's history in a nutshell.

"You cannot do this thing unless it benefits me against another enemy of mine"

"38th parallel. Like the 37th Parallel, but better" I can't with this channels humour 😂

Even before watching the video, my first thought was: Q: "Why was Germany allowed to rearm, after WW2?" A: "Because the USSR, and Stalin, existed."

Laughs in Cold War

How to get Britain to agree to something- 1. It saves/ makes money and 2. it keeps you from dealing with the continent

It's funny how for the British it always comes down to " You can ignore the continent "

As Francois Mauriac, french writer, put it "I love Germany so much that I am glad there are two of them"

Because border security in a foreign country is really hard without the help of the locals.

"It would be convenient for me" is normally not a good idea but if it works, it works

So glad to see more of you. Worried as you uploads seemed to slow down recently

I appreciate the thumbnail and characters going the extra length of depicting a G1 style FAL rifle, the type of battle rifle newly rearmed West Germany used for a little while before the G3 came onto the scene.

You got to believe on some level, the leadership among the Allies were also, thinking: "After beating them twice, I highly doubt they'd want to get beaten a third time in a row."

"Being cheap" whilst dancing through the flowers! This is why History Matters is must-see.

Rearmament was actually pretty unpopular in Germany during this time. So much so that the German leadership came up with the idea of a "European army" that would consist of German and French troops and would allow Germany to do it's part without actually having a military of it's own. It fell through because the French parliament refused to sign the deal. Also at some point there was an offer from the USSR to join NATO and reunify Germany in exchange for them staying neutral. Afaik it's still not clear how serious this offer was

Cause James Bizonette decided that they should rearm

Part of why France dropped their objection was that both them and West Germany were part of the European Community of Coal and Steel (the earliest step toward the European Union), that made impossible for Germany and France to go at war with each other and continue their feud that had been going on in some way for over a thousand years (that being why Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands came up with the idea to begin with, they were tired of being the eternal battlefield of the wars between France and Germany), thus annulling one of the reasons France had to object.

US: "you don't want France to look weak do you?" France: "woah, hold on now we can't have that"

This makes me curious, how did the East and West German militaries cope with the Unification of Germany? There had to have been massive differences between the two sides, both in terms of equipment and doctrine Did they re-train thousands of soldiers to fit a new doctrine?