When we think of the German Army we think of the Blitzkrieg years, 1939-41. With their Auftragstaktik and cutting-edge weaponry, they epitomised incisive modern war. However, there was an elephant in the room, and in spite of their superb battlefield leadership, their brilliant victories, their technical prowess, their mighty Tigers and Panthers, they lost because of it.
It wasn't, as the German generals argued postwar, the Soviet hordes...
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