Has Germany, in it's history as a unified state, ever won a war?
>>384857
Technically they beat the Ruskis in World War 1.
Sacked Rome in 410
>N-nuh uh, everybody from that era was just mongol aliens that got on their spaceships and left and everybody now is just albino africans!
>>384857
Holy Roman Empire was involved in the crusades I guess.
Germany as a whole is a nation of artists, musicians and scientists who desperately want to play soldier.
>>384857
The Franco-Prussian War and the Boxer Rebellion.
>>384940
The German Empire was proclaimed in 18 January 1871, the Franco-Prussian War ended in March, so Germany as an unified state won the war.
>>384950
Actually, the war ended in May*
>>384905
Franco-Prussian war was Prussia (it was already unified with the northern states but not the southern states like Baden, Bavaria and I think Wurttemburg)
>>384959
At the beggining, halfway through it was the united forces of the German Empire.
>>384959
Also Hesse.
That being said do we bother counting Switzerland, Austria and Holland as German states?
>>384972
>Switzerland
It is dominated by Germans, but it's more the union of German, French and Italian communities.
>Austria
It considered itself as a German state until the "first victim of Nazism" meme
>Holland
Not since 1568, maybe earlier.
Abushiri Revolt
Second Samoan Civil War
Boxer Rebellion
Adamawa Campaign
Herero Wars
Maji Maji Rebellion
Sokehs Rebellion
>>>/lit/
There's something heroic in taking on your entire continent + friends and almost single-handedly and giving them a run for their money
>>384875
>Visigoths
>unified German state
That's like saying Ireland sacked Rome in 390BC
>>385046
The Swedes deposed Odoacer and established an efficient Italian state, srly srly.
>>384896
They surrendered so yeah I'd say they won the war
Victory in war is not necessarily an indicator of military competency, especially in a period of transition away from martial prowess under towards logistical and industrial efficiency.
The wehrmacht was a good army, it's just that having a good army wasn't/isn't enough these days.
