[wideawake]

There was some of that, yes, but don’t forget that whole “Lebensraum” thing in the east.

That was a slogan - not a reality.

Germany was not overpopulated and desperate for space. Germany was no more densely settled than the UK.

[PLMerite]

“Germany was not overpopulated and desperate for space. Germany was no more densely settled than the UK.”

Yes, but they had *plans*.

And the Brits had an empire to populate.