[Antoninus]

I remember an anecdote (can’t find the citation at the moment) where a German general prior to the US entering the war (possibly von Moltke the elder) who was asked what he would do if the Americans entered the war against the Central Powers. His response was something along the lines of:

“I would have the Berlin police department arrest them.”

If it was von Moltke, he died in 1916 so he did not get a chance to see how very wrong he was.

[CondorFlight]

“I would have the Berlin police department arrest them.”

This actually goes back to Bismark, who originally said it of the British army.

[daniel1212]

Germany forgot the Bible:

And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off. (1 Kings 20:11)

Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. (Proverbs 16:18)

[AppyPappy]

I have been reading about WW2. The Brits were aware of the manufacturing power of the US. But when we started beating the Japanese in 1942 and were sending bombers over, they were astonished. They couldn’t figure out how we were beating the Japanese when all the aircraft and ships were seemingly heading to Europe/Africa/Russia. Especially when we wouldn’t stop the U-boats operating off our coast.