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I think france is not a NATO member. But affiliated to NATO.
While france and UK were busy building nuclear subs, sircraft Carrier, fighter planes, germany build cars, industrial and consumer goods and now richer than both combined.
The businesses got cheap labour from former east Germany.
But cost of reunification was huge.
Poland and other parts of Europe retains remnants of former German( Prussian) empire.