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> "The Germans couldn’t operate below the regimental level without written orders." That is so ridiculously wrong. I'm thinking it must be journalist's mistake
by njharman 5y ago
> "The Germans couldn’t operate below the regimental level without written orders."
That is so ridiculously wrong. I'm thinking it must be journalist's mistake/misquote/out of context (e.g. referring to specific unit/time/area and not the blanket statement it sounds like). No actual WWII historian would say that.
- KingOfCoders 5y agoAlso see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission-type_tactics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission-type_tactics (which I've learned about because of Agile development)
- sofixa 5y agoTo be fair ( the quoted passage is still hilariously wrong), Hitler went away with that around 1941 because he got into his head that he's a great strategist, and started micromanaging more and more ( denying retreats, shuffling troops around wasting time and fuel, commanding the army group in the Caucasus, etc.) at the higher level. But below that, mission type tactics was still the norm.