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View Poll Results: Was the German Army (Heer) really so superior in WW2?
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Absolutely no question. They were easily the best for pretty much the entire war
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The Heer possessed an innate superiority but was overwhelmed by sheer numbers and degraded by attrition
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Clearly more than a match for any opponent in the first half of the war at least; and even after that still often gave better than they got
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Easily the best during the early 'Blitzkrieg' campaigns and remained at least competitive thereafter
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30.30% |
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The Heer enjoyed something of an edge in the early campaigns but their opponents caught up quickly
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As per option 5 but some of their opponents actually bettered them on at least one level
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German strategic skills were never anything special; and their tactical & operation skills were only slightly better in the early campaigns
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11.11% |
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As per option 7 but Allied armies had clearly at least equally them tactically and bested them on other levels from 42/43 onwards
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7.07% |
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They only won the early campaigns through a combination of luck, and the incompetence & lack of preparedness of their opponents. They were never anything special
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The Germans were never much good. It's all propaganda
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2.02% |
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Other (please state and explain)
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13 Feb 12, 00:13
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Originally Posted by panther3485
No problem with that. 
I just hope for Von's personal safety that there are not too many Scots, Welsh or Irish in his neighbourhood, if he's going to call them all riff-raff!!  |
Bloody 'orrible shower.... hate the lot of 'em!
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Tha’ can allus tell a Yorkshireman... but tha’ can’t tell ‘im much!
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13 Feb 12, 00:20
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Originally Posted by Von Richter
Bloody 'orrible shower.... hate the lot of 'em!
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How about us Yanks Von?? 
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"It is well that war is so terrible, else we grow to fond of it." - Robert E. Lee
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13 Feb 12, 01:16
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Originally Posted by Robbie Lynne
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 You Yanks are like one of them big dopey dogs... need kicking now and then, but when you do you always feel sorry afterwards!
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13 Feb 12, 01:26
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"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."- Sir Winston Churchill, about R.A.F. fighter pilots."
"It is well that war is so terrible, else we grow to fond of it." - Robert E. Lee
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13 Feb 12, 02:27
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13 Feb 12, 07:25
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ACG Forums - General Staff
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Originally Posted by Robbie Lynne
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We are Americans. Why the hell do you need to seek approval from them?  |
13 Feb 12, 08:15
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Originally Posted by Salinator
We are Americans. Why the hell do you need to seek approval from them? |
So we are THEM now are we?? Lighten up mate, it was just a bit of good natured back chat!! lcm1
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'By Horse by Tram'.
I was in when they needed 'em,not feeded 'em.
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13 Feb 12, 11:09
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It's me or Von really believe in English superiority ? 
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Ad Astera per Aspera
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13 Feb 12, 11:22
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Originally Posted by Emtos
It's me or Von really believe in English superiority ? |
Pssst! Leave the kids to their toys 
Check out this very helpful British handling manual
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13 Feb 12, 11:36
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Pssst! Leave the kids to their toys
Check out this very helpful British handling manual
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 OMG
It's worse than a woman's logic.
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13 Feb 12, 11:47
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OMG
It's worse than a woman's logic. |
Sad but true. Some of my fellow colleagues have always wondered why some of their British clients weren't happy with their tours while they seemed to be perfectly fine all the way. It's a purely British thing - if you don't tell an old lady this time of the day is perfect to walk her dog or call her boss, she will die of bladder explosion and you'll be the one to blame. The worst is to tell her directly there's a toilet in the building. She will smile all the way and then write a complaint that you were the rudest person on the planet.  |
13 Feb 12, 12:38
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Originally Posted by ShAA
Pssst! Leave the kids to their toys
Check out this very helpful British handling manual
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I did not know you were an old Etonian |
13 Feb 12, 12:44
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Originally Posted by ljadw
I did not know you were an old Etonian |
 Is this some sort of Belgian joke about Estonians? |
13 Feb 12, 12:59
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Originally Posted by ShAA
Is this some sort of Belgian joke about Estonians? |
More likely he refers to old elite school in UK. Eton. |
13 Feb 12, 13:01
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More likely he refers to old elite school in UK. Eton. |
Ah, this clears the issue |
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