A typical group of Germans.

Germany is a country withinEurope, and aNATO member-state. It had a tough old life in the 20th Century, what with a major war in the 1910s, being overrun byCobra and then, from1945 to20111990, being split into the democratic West Germany and theSoviet Union allied East Germany.

It is bordered byBelgium, theNetherlands,Switz,France,Ciech,Poland,Denmark,Luxembourg, andAustria.

Fiction

Generation 1 cartoon continuity

The Transformers cartoon

Oh, well close enough.

Germany was found on a map made to show the route of theEuropa 2000, with the geographic borders being aslightly inaccurate depiction of real-life Germany's geography at that time. (For that matter, its division into East and West Germany, later alluded to in theSuper-God Masterforce cartoon, is not shown.)Trans-Europe Express

Super-God Masterforce cartoon

The DecepticonGodmastersBuster andHydra were both born in East Germany.

The Autobot Godmasters once searched Germany as a possible location for the last Godmaster.Assemble! The Four Godmaster Gunmen

When the Decepticons unleashed a full onslaught on Earth, Hydra and Buster targeted West Germany as part of a plan to split up the Autobot forces.Lightfoot andRoad King took them on.God Ginrai: Showdown at the Decepticon Base

Young Corgi continuity

West Germany would presumably be part of theFederation of Western Europe, in the near future of2000.Battle Beneath the Ice

DreamwaveGeneration One continuity

Rolf Myer, a chemist fromBerlin, was part of theArk II crew. Now he's ash in the atmosphere!Prime Directive #1

Transformers/G.I. Joe

Germany was briefly conquered by the might ofCobra and their Decepticon allies in1938.Transformers/G.I. Joe

Cybertron cartoon

The German folklore tale ofLorelei and theNix, a Germanic equivalent of the legendary sirens, turned out to be based on the DecepticonThunderblast.United

Live-action film series

Revenge of the Fallen film

Germany was the first government to confirm to the media thatthe Fallen's blackmail message was a satellite hijack.Revenge of the Fallen

Titan movie comics

During1918, as part of theFirst World War, Germany was involved in naval warfare against theUnited States of America. Apparently the Germans had somedamn impressive airplanes, becauseSoundwave was automatically assumed to be a German weapon!Making Waves

IDW movie comics

During theSecond World War, Nazi Germany capturedJetfire and reverse-engineered him atCastle Neuschwanstein to create transforming war machines of their own. They'd just completed their ultimate weapon, thePanzer-Giganten, when aSector Seven commando team raided the castle and freed Jetfire. Neuschwanstein was destroyed and everyone involved in the project killed, leaving Germany with no chance of restarting the project.Weapon

2005 IDW continuity

Garrison Kreiger claimed that he was descended from German immigrants to hide the truth behind hisPrysmosian origins.Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook #2Schismatic During World War II, Germany was part of the Axis powers and occupied the nation ofKalistan. Discovering a hidden cache ofrobotic soldiers from anunknown source, the Germans used them as troops. Their presence on the battlefield was the cause of some bafflement on the part ofSgt. Savage and hisScreaming Eagles.The Secret of the Mummy's Tomb

In the modern day,Bumblebee's original Earthalternate mode was a German car,The Hanging SwordThe Gift Horse specifically a classicVolkswagen Beetle, also nicknamed a "Bug".Infiltration #3

Later,Kup andAileron briefly visited Germany as part of the Autobots' international peacekeeping efforts.Concorde Hymn

Notes

He loves us, each and every one.

• Germany is responsible for the glory ofHolger Fath!
• German selective dog breeding brought us the German Shepherd in1899, thealternate mode ofK-9.
• Condor Verlag reprinted Marvel stories in Germany, along with a variety of rather odd original text stories.

External links

• Germany at Wikipedia