&gt; West Germany had a similar culture to their occupant, the east not so much. Germany also became the centrepiece for a US vs. Russia proxy war, Syria would likely become the same and is arguably already in that state.<p>That why I said <i>mostly</i>. However I still think Russia&#x2F;East Germany is way closer than France or US&#x2F;Syria or Iraq.<p>Other than that Germany was not the only European power that kept suffering the consequences of WWII well into the &#x27;80s.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Operation_Gladio" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Operation_Gladio</a>