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Originally Posted by TRDG
The thing is though, why was everyone so surprised by it, were they not.........
French, British, US and Russia I think from what I have read.
Cheers, further thoughts ladies and gentlemen? Yep, another side track here, but could be fun and informative!!
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Russia was developing Deep Battle at the same time as the Germans. Both doctrines are quite similar but DB is on a much larger scale. Development of DB was stopped due to most of it's supporting generals being purged, including it's founder Mikhail Tukhachevsky. After seeing the results of the Spanish Civil War and the mishap of the Russo-Finnish war, development resumed but too late to be effective by time the German's attacked. Russia had more warning than any other nation but never took heed.
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Originally Posted by MAGNA
Germany suffered little from this internal strife as the whole structure had to be made anew.
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Using a somewhat elite and handpicked Reichswehr developed by Hans von Seeckt, whom is very underrated for his achievments.
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