What constituted to the initial German success during WW2?

Answer 1

One word: Blitzkrieg, Which means 'lightning war'

Answer 2

The initial German success was constituted by something that can win any battle, war or whatever. The willing of victory! In this case, mainly because of hitler´s ability that motivated the germans by qualifying them as upper race. We cannot forget that the Nazism was a combination of various ideologies and groups, centered around anger at the Treaty of Versailles and what was considered to have been a Jewish conspiracy to humiliate Germany ww1. So, all they wanted was revenge. In a German view the ww1 was totally unfair and hitler worked really well on it. After some defeats on ww2 they realized that their race wasn´t good as they had predicted.

Answer 3

Initial success came from the mobile armoured tactics of the German Werhmact combined with the out-dated tactics of the French and their allies. French generals were fighting with the tactics 1918: trench warfare and using tanks in penny packets in support of the infantry rather than the massed formations of the German panzers.

The Russians also used their tanks in small formations initially. The purges of the 30s decimated their General staff from Division on up to Corps level, they were 'beheaded' so to speak in 1941. Stalin slowed down the buildup of defences in 1941, so as not to provoke Hitler into attacking since we was cognizant of the fact that the Russian mobilization in the WWI provoked the Kaiser into attacking.

In tanks and infantry, the allies were equal if not superior to the Germans initially. The Russians had the largest air force versus the entire world combined, it was well-nigh eradicated in the first few weeks of Operation Barbarossa.

Answer 4

The initial success of the Germans at the start of WW2 was down to what they called blitzkrieg - lightning war- they hit their enemies fast and hard giving them no time to recoup. Ironically it also led to their downfall towards the end of the war as the Allies used the same tactics against them and they coped no better than their foes did.

Answer 5

German generals such as Manstein and Guderian were able to conduct mobile war, while some of their opponents could not even understand it. For example, French general Gamelin did not even recognize the potential of aerial warfare, and conducted a defense no different than when he had back in WW1. That kind of thinking was one of the key factors for initial German success.

Answer 6

Several factors contributed to initial German success during WWII:

-Superior military organization and tactics. German doctrine favored mobile war, and the French and English were unprepared to respond to it. The French actually had better tanks than the Germans, but they were distributed piecemeal among their infantry formations instead of concentrated into armored divisions and brigades.
-Soviet military purges in the 30's. The Soviet military was weakened by Stalin's purge of the officer corps of good officers who weren't deemed loyal enough to the communist party.
-Poor strategy by the English and French. While the Germans were advancing through the Ardennes forest, the English were moving forward into Belgium, leaving their forces exposed to being cut off from behind.
-Poor deployment by the Russians. They had an enormous frontier, and they tried to defend every nook and cranny of territory due to Stalin's fear of losing a single acre of ground.
-Crappy tanks and planes in the Soviet arsenal. Although the USSR eventually produced massive amounts of tanks and planes that were a good match for German equipment, they started the war with a vast stockpile of outdated equipment that was phased out in flames.
-Lack of political will. The western allies were afraid to stand up to Hitler until war had already begun.
-Treachery by Stalin. The secret non-aggression pact between Germany and the USSR enabled Hitler to boldy attack Poland and then France and England while ignoring his eastern neighbor.

Answer 7

It was the "Blitzkrieg" tactic which gave them the success.
Developed toward the end of WW I the idea was for fast deep penetrating thrusts, by well armed soldiers not hampered by much equipment.
Regular soldiers would then go through the breach and attack the flanks of the enemy.

In the interim years the German's refined the tactic adding, Fast mobile armoured divisions,and armoured infantry divisions, effective small mobile artillery, and of course air-power.

Answer 8

What we now call mechanized warfare on their unprepared neighbors .Roll in fast with overwhelming force,take control then brutally mop up resistance after wards...The only thing that slowed them was Geography (as with Great Britain) and Mother nature (as with Russia)

Answer 9

Blitzkrieg. Also know as lightining war. Alos nobody really thought about war or they tried to avoid it which lead to the countries not being ready.

Answer 10

Well organised highly mobile infrantry and armor and a willingness to take risks together with a share of good luck.