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The German Soldier of WWII: history's most formidable fighting force
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Some of them were excellent soldiers, but for the most part the Germans had average soldiers with an excellent leadership. Also having a huge industrial base really helped, as invading unprepared weaker countries. [ link to michalw.narod.ru] For some reason the "industrial" argument is often used to explain why the South lost the U.S. Civil War, but the same argument is often absent as to why explaining the Germans defeating a bunch of smaller and much poorer countries. France was prepared, ready ( maginot line, and had the top army at the time. They also even got the plans for the german invasion in Jan of 1940 (mechelen incident, see link below). And they still got rolled. [ link to en.wikipedia.org (secure)] Only you forgot to mention that the Maginot Line did not cover the border with Belgium, and the Germans got really lucky bypassing it in the Ardennes. But I partially agree, the German victory against France was the only very impressive Wehrmacht accomplishment of the Second World War. One could also make arguments in favor of the German military being impressive for its conquests of Norway and Crete, due to these being logistically difficult. By the way, conquest of Norway was apparently Hitler's idea, and his generals were mostly against it. I guess he was not entirely a bad military strategist.
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