Why did the Germans lead the world in military technology during World War 2?

by 2102cc

The Germans made a lot of technological advances in WW2 that were pretty ahead of their time, but why would they spend so much time and money developing experimental technology instead of sticking with what they knew would work? What was the incentive to do this?

Georgy_K_Zhukov

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