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Re: Was blitzkrieg really that revolutionary?
Nice work JohnnieB. The point about starting from scratch compared to other countries is a very important one. Most other armed forces of the time were hamstrung by inter-service rivalry which went a long way towards holding back development. Resistance to mechanisation from the cavalry arms through to the doctrinal arguments about aircraft being able to win a war by themselves are examples of this.
Germany suffered little from this internal strife as the whole structure had to be made anew.
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