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by DoveBrown 3112 days ago
The Treaty of Versailles specifically prohibited the German navy from having any submarines. They got around this by creating a company in the Netherlands through which the German high command ran their research and development.

After 1933, it's a different story, but it doesn't really hold as an example of restrictions increasing technological innovation.

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Thanks for the clarification.