Well, yes, the Germans have certainly shown repeatedly that they can and will fight like demons. The old Deutsches Heer and its successor, the Wehrmacht, could and repeatedly did prove that they had mastered the arts of manoeuvre warfare and lethally effective strategy.

But they were able to do so in no small part because they had the equipment required to beat their opponents senseless.

And the Bundeswehr of the modern day is absurdly underfunded and under-equipped. Some of the Kraut battalions are training with broomsticks instead of actual guns during NATO military readiness exercises.

Of course, comparing the British and German militaries in a game of Top Trumps is a bit silly, but I suspect that if the Krauts had to invade Britain to force them to accept the EU's terms at the barrel of a gun, they'd be swiftly and summarily beaten back.

I am just saying… considering the long German history of being extremely effective, and often unethical (or excommunicated) warriors, don't underestimate them even if they are on the ass end of their effectiveness. Their Teutonic forebears terrorized Europe and the world dozens of times in recorded history.