Interesting point, Tirinor. Dain is right, at least about World War II though. Eagles were used extensively throughout Nazi Germany. A trend my family has noticed is the similarity between those stylized eagles and the eagles of the Roman empire, at least in movies. It seems that - at least according to the filmmakers - Germany was trying to invoke the images of ancient Rome in support of the Thousand-Year Reich. I wish I could do the research myself on Rome and its connection to Germany.
I concur - probably Tolkien was not unduly influenced by other nations using the eagle as their symbol.
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