I mean, what was special about it? “Rush really quick to the capital”? Brilliant. No-one has ever thought about that, certainly not every cavalry ever.
You know what was special though? Deep operations.
Yup. For all the jerking off that military history nerds on YouTube do about German doctrines and tactics, it was actually the Soviets who were the real innovative thinkers of the 20th century. Even to this day the Pentagon itself admits that the best literature on the theory of combined arms warfare comes from Russian sources, NOT German ones. But this never seems to manage to get through to the “enthusiast” community.
And i mean, there should have been an indication of whose understanding of war was superior in the fact that it was the Soviets who won the war, not the Germans. So why do Westerners keep idealizing and worshipping the strategies and theories of LOSERS?!
Not exactly, the prussian warfare was all about outmaneuvering the enemy to have local numerical superiority. That way one could pull off relatively short and thus less destructive wars, by for example, capturing vital parts of the enemy nation.
The problem is you have to identify what is vital first. The nazi generals failed to do so in case of the USSR. Ironically Hitler got the right idea about the soviet vital areas. His generals thought that the capital was more important.
Jup, nothing special on the strategy department. The Nazis understood the use of tanks and combine arms warfare sooner than theit initial opposition, of course also methamphetamine.
Much easier outmaneuvering the other side when your soldiers can stay awake for days and march for almost as long.
The general staff did not sleep during the Weimar Period either, the invasion plans the Nazis later used (down to the number of divisions) were formulated back then already. However, the Weimar generals proposed execution during the 1950s.
I mean, what was special about it? “Rush really quick to the capital”? Brilliant. No-one has ever thought about that, certainly not every cavalry ever.
You know what was special though? Deep operations.
Yup. For all the jerking off that military history nerds on YouTube do about German doctrines and tactics, it was actually the Soviets who were the real innovative thinkers of the 20th century. Even to this day the Pentagon itself admits that the best literature on the theory of combined arms warfare comes from Russian sources, NOT German ones. But this never seems to manage to get through to the “enthusiast” community.
And i mean, there should have been an indication of whose understanding of war was superior in the fact that it was the Soviets who won the war, not the Germans. So why do Westerners keep idealizing and worshipping the strategies and theories of LOSERS?!
not to mention that france was taken over quickly simply because most of the army were collaborators, and offered no resistance whatsoever.
more nazis were killed trying to capture a apartment in stalingrad than the whole takeover of france.
Lmao this is a golden fucking line right here
Pavlov’s house momento (commanded by Lieutenant Afanasev tho)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavlov's_House
They also fought to keep Algeria a colony far longer than they did not to become vichy.
'cos their ideologies align closer with the losers.
Not exactly, the prussian warfare was all about outmaneuvering the enemy to have local numerical superiority. That way one could pull off relatively short and thus less destructive wars, by for example, capturing vital parts of the enemy nation.
The problem is you have to identify what is vital first. The nazi generals failed to do so in case of the USSR. Ironically Hitler got the right idea about the soviet vital areas. His generals thought that the capital was more important.
So it was well known long before Nazis and thus not revolutionary, yes?
Jup, nothing special on the strategy department. The Nazis understood the use of tanks and combine arms warfare sooner than theit initial opposition, of course also methamphetamine. Much easier outmaneuvering the other side when your soldiers can stay awake for days and march for almost as long.
The general staff did not sleep during the Weimar Period either, the invasion plans the Nazis later used (down to the number of divisions) were formulated back then already. However, the Weimar generals proposed execution during the 1950s.