Germany had no realistic hopes of winning the war
Because they abused civilians but in return civilians beat individual soldiers on street corners.
This is not true. Cities and Civilizations go back to the time of the Agricultural/Neolithic revolution around 7 000 years ago. For example, we have archaeological evidence for cities from this time.
However, the question depends on the interpretation of "recent": compared to the time span of evolution from Most Recent Common Ancestor with Chimpazees (5 million years ago): this is very recent.
The answers are B, C, and D
