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"Blitzkrieg" gets a lot of ink in the basic history of WWII and it conveys this idea that Germany just had a ton of tanks and zerg-rushed their opponents. The r
by logicalmonster 4y ago
"Blitzkrieg" gets a lot of ink in the basic history of WWII and it conveys this idea that Germany just had a ton of tanks and zerg-rushed their opponents. The reality on the ground is that they had a hell of a lot of soldiers marching on foot (apparently soldiers on all sides of the war were often given amphetimines for energy/morale) and despite Germany's reputation for mechanization, much of their military relied extremely heavily on manual labor and horses for transportation (which they often had to resort to eating during the most dire periods in the Russian winter).
- rootw0rm 4y agoDIE KRUPPS - "Nazis Auf Speed" (OFFICIAL VIDEO) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fRB27kFOG0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fRB27kFOG0
- LargoLasskhyfv 4y agoPervitin für Sie und Ihn! Kraft durch Freude!
- legitster 4y agoI remember reading a collection first hand accounts from Germans taken after the war, and one thing that stuck with me was genuine shock from the Germans that the Americans landing on DDay didn't even bother to bring horses with them.
- nicbou 4y agoThat still doesn't beat the Japanese officer who learned that the Americans had boats devoted to making ice cream. That would be a tough one to live down. I remember from The Forgotten Soldier that German soldiers noticed that new recruits had worse and worse uniforms, with worse materials and lower quality dyes. At some point Germany's new jet fighters were dragged by horses because fuel was so scarce.
- Cupertino95014 4y agoThis is often discussed on Quora. I think the quote from a German soldier was that he knew the war was lost after D-Day when he saw the Americans' endless lines of trucks, and realized that their logistics would overwhelm the Germans no matter what happened on the battlefield.