The Wehrmacht was very good at what it was designed to do, which was Blitzkrieg: a limited, mobile war using armour and mechanized infantry to penetrate and encircle an enemy, facilitated by close coordination with tactical airpower.
The Wehrmacht performed brilliantly in campaigns where they could fight on their own terms. The wheels fell off in North Africa and the USSR because of geography and their failure to achieve a quick victory. They were exposed to a long-term war of attrition, something they were not equipped or intended for and inevitably lost. Fundamentally, this was not just the Wehrmacht's Achilles Heel. German thinking overall was tactical, not strategic. Hitler was a looter, up for a smash-and-grab and not any long-term scheme.
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Scott Fraser
The Wehrmacht performed brilliantly in campaigns where they could fight on their own terms. The wheels fell off in North Africa and the USSR because of geography and their failure to achieve a quick victory. They were exposed to a long-term war of attrition, something they were not equipped or intended for and inevitably lost. Fundamentally, this was not just the Wehrmacht's Achilles Heel. German thinking overall was tactical, not strategic. Hitler was a looter, up for a smash-and-grab and not any long-term scheme.
Regards
Scott Fraser
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