Hello,
There is already a thread to this topic, but I have found information that could drop new light on the issue, so I decided to open a new one.
I have just seen two ducumentations about WW2 on DVD and one was about the tank battle.
I just want to give the conclusion to you why I think that most of the killing rates are correct, thogh they´re relatively high:
Germany attacked countries that were not really prepared. Most of all Poland, and also France etc. had much worse equipment. Germany was the most modern fighting power in the beginning of the war. They had only a small number of machines (tanks etc.) but they were very effective.
The film showed also that e.g. France could not defeat Germany although they had more men: Their stratetics were very old-fashined and partially taken from the first world war. But in this time machines were not playing that big role like in WW2, the defence could not be adequat.
Besides the Germans were in a much better psychological condition - those who did not believe in the idiologiy were motivated by the many victories the German army had achieved.
I want to quote a sentence from the film that points out what I mean:
“The truth ist that the German superiority did not come from their technical advance but from their motivation, creativity and adaptability. Further on, their methods in teaching and their qualification were the most important advatages compared to others.”
The conlusion is that the other countries were shocked by the German succes an they had to think over their old fashioned stategy methods.
I think this explains a lot: Management was the factor! Imagine someone who has to create a strategy from zero on has to compete with another one that has already a completed strategy.
Regards.
There is already a thread to this topic, but I have found information that could drop new light on the issue, so I decided to open a new one.
I have just seen two ducumentations about WW2 on DVD and one was about the tank battle.
I just want to give the conclusion to you why I think that most of the killing rates are correct, thogh they´re relatively high:
Germany attacked countries that were not really prepared. Most of all Poland, and also France etc. had much worse equipment. Germany was the most modern fighting power in the beginning of the war. They had only a small number of machines (tanks etc.) but they were very effective.
The film showed also that e.g. France could not defeat Germany although they had more men: Their stratetics were very old-fashined and partially taken from the first world war. But in this time machines were not playing that big role like in WW2, the defence could not be adequat.
Besides the Germans were in a much better psychological condition - those who did not believe in the idiologiy were motivated by the many victories the German army had achieved.
I want to quote a sentence from the film that points out what I mean:
“The truth ist that the German superiority did not come from their technical advance but from their motivation, creativity and adaptability. Further on, their methods in teaching and their qualification were the most important advatages compared to others.”
The conlusion is that the other countries were shocked by the German succes an they had to think over their old fashioned stategy methods.
I think this explains a lot: Management was the factor! Imagine someone who has to create a strategy from zero on has to compete with another one that has already a completed strategy.
Regards.
I mean they thought that armor can only go through the artillery's range. but they understand their mistake in sedan, mius,dinant,ardennes,dunkirk,maas and the others
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