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Guderian was never a Field Marshal. But a great general.Manstein was not the master mind of blitzkrieg, it as Heinz Guderian. And Heinz developed it from the strategy of Alfred von Schlieffen, in WWI.
My vote would be......Rommel or Guderian, the masters of tank warfare..Rommel stood up to Hitler in the 1944 plot to assassinate Hitler executed by Wehrmacht officers...
Actually the German tanks in 39 and 40 were inferior to the French and British Tanks. And in the Soviet Union during the 1st year the German tanks were inferior to the Soviet Tanks as well.none of them were all that good.
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They started the war with advanced weapons and swept over armies still using WW1 tools.
hell, the Pols actually sent out their cavalry. Not tank cavalry, but guys on horses with swords and lances.
once the world caught up to them, it was one loss after another
nominallyActually the German tanks in 39 and 40 were inferior to the French and British Tanks. And in the Soviet Union during the 1st year the German tanks were inferior to the Soviet Tanks as well.none of them were all that good.
not one
They started the war with advanced weapons and swept over armies still using WW1 tools.
hell, the Pols actually sent out their cavalry. Not tank cavalry, but guys on horses with swords and lances.
once the world caught up to them, it was one loss after another
Actually the German tanks in 39 and 40 were inferior to the French and British Tanks. And in the Soviet Union during the 1st year the German tanks were inferior to the Soviet Tanks as well.none of them were all that good.
not one
They started the war with advanced weapons and swept over armies still using WW1 tools.
hell, the Pols actually sent out their cavalry. Not tank cavalry, but guys on horses with swords and lances.
once the world caught up to them, it was one loss after another
Rommel committed suicide to save his family. As for his supply lines he had little choice on the matter and in fact he never put his army out of supply.Rommel was better than most of the other Field Marshals but was not a great military strategist. He stretched his his supply line beyond workable limits, ran out of fuel and committed suicide....all three of which are deadly mistakes.
Okay. I'll give you that Rommel committed suicide on the orders of A. Hitler. Hitler wanted a "quiet removal" of this hero of the German people. Hitler promised that his family would go unharmed if he committed suicide.Rommel committed suicide to save his family. As for his supply lines he had little choice on the matter and in fact he never put his army out of supply.Rommel was better than most of the other Field Marshals but was not a great military strategist. He stretched his his supply line beyond workable limits, ran out of fuel and committed suicide....all three of which are deadly mistakes.
He had outpaced his supply line.The Battle of Alam el Halfa was launched on 30 August, with Rommel's forces driving through the south flank. Perhaps not realising that the British defensive line was not continuous, or else simply so desperate for supplies that he took the first opportunity to outflank regardless of risk, Rommel ran straight into Montgomery's trap. After passing the El Alamein line to the south, Rommel drove north at the Alam el Halfa Ridge, just as Montgomery had anticipated—into a mine-strewn area with patches of quicksand. Under heavy fire from British artillery and aircraft, and in the face of well prepared positions that Rommel could not hope to outflank due to lack of fuel, the attack stalled. By 2 September, Rommel realized the battle was unwinnable, and decided to withdraw.
Regarding his supply line, Rommel lost the second battle of El Alamein partially due to lack of fuel and ammunition. He had outpaced his supply line. In September British raiding parties attacked important harbours and supply points. The flow of supplies successfully ferried across the Mediterranean had fallen to a dismal level. Some two-thirds of the supplies embarked for Africa were destroyed at sea. In addition, Rommel's health was failing and he took sick leave in Italy and Germany from late September. Thus he was not present when the Second Battle of El Alamein began on 23 October 1942. Although he returned immediately, it took him two vital days to reach his HQ in Africa. The defensive plan at El Alamein was more static in nature than Rommel preferred, but with shortages of motorized units and fuel, he had felt it was the only possible plan.
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Germans had better ships and WAY better subs
Despite this German attack on convoy JW 51B, all 14 of its merchant ships reached their destinations in the USSR undamaged.
Even more critically for the outcome of the war, Adolf Hitler was infuriated at what he perceived as the uselessness of the surface raiders, seeing that two heavy cruisers were driven off by mere destroyers. There were serious implications: this failure nearly made Hitler enforce a decision to scrap the surface fleet, and for the German Navy to concentrate on U-boat warfare. Admiral Erich Raeder, supreme commander of the Kriegsmarine, offered his resignation—which Hitler accepted, apparently reluctantly.[citation needed] Raeder was replaced by Admiral Karl Dönitz, the commander of the U-boat fleet, who saved the German surface fleet from scrapping (though Hipper and several light cruisers were laid up).
E-boats continued to operate off the coast of France, but the only major surface operation completed following the battle[citation needed] was the attempted raid on Convoy JW 55B by the battleship Scharnhorst, sunk by an escorting British task force in what later became known as the Battle of the North Cape.
On the British side, Captain Robert Sherbrooke was awarded the Victoria Cross. He acknowledged that it had truthfully been awarded in honour of the whole crew of Onslow. In the action he had been badly wounded, and had lost the sight in one eye. However, he returned to active duty, and retired from the navy in the 1950s with the rank of rear-admiral.
At the memorial for Bramble, Captain Harvey Crombie stated of the crew: "They had braved difficulties and perils probably unparalleled in the annals of the British Navy, and calls upon their courage and endurance were constant, but they never failed. They would not have us think sadly at this time, but rather that we should praise God that they had remained steadfast to duty to the end."[5]
The battle was the subject of the book 73 North by Dudley Pope.
Their planes were off the scale in comparison
Machine guns? holy shit
At least one U-boat was captured rather than sunk. One particular POW was held in my hometown at the local Air Force Base. He later returned and became a tile setter. I am thankful to have known the family and gone through high school along with the sons...and later to have known Bonnie and Detlev as great friends.
Please read the entire article and a particular WWII Memorial at the end of a major downtown street...the handiwork of a former German POW who had been captured on a U-boat.
world war 2 memorial
Please read the entire article.
