Saturday, January 18, 2014
The New Schlieffen Plan
Germany and their Blitzkrieg warfare was unstoppable at this time in world war 2. No country had a chance to catch up and get close to stopping Germany even if they had the chance and were right in front of them; Germany was too fast. Were the countries scared of Germany or did they simply know they were no match to them? Germany had decided to ignore the French and the British when they lined up along the river, and they ended up going through the Ardennes forest which was unexpected. France thought since Germany has big tanks that they would not go through the forest and they would go through France instead. Germany had put its tanks close together once they got into Belgium without a problem. France and GB had spread its army apart thinking Germany wouldn't be tight together. Why did they think Germany would be so spread out? They were all coming out of the same place and they weren't going to separate, so why would France and GB think Germany would be in multiple groups? Germany had been able to get away once again due to a stupid and idiotic mistake by the cowardly allies.
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Although Germany did spark conflict for the war and cause major debt for many countries as a result, I think Germany deserves some credit for their effectiveness on the battlefield. The Blitzkrieg tactic was ingenious as it was so fast that as the war progressed, no one had time to prepare for a German attack, even if they knew the plan.
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