Was the German Military in 1939,the best prepared & efficient Army in the world ?

Answer 1

The German military in 1939 was not the best equipped miitary at the time but the strength they had was the tactics and planning of operations so by far they were the best prepared and efficient. The use of armor as an breakthrough mobile force that the infantry exploited was a British concept that the German used, they were the only miitary that did, and perfected. The Germans lost the war due to raw materials more then anything else; in particuliar petroleum. They actually produced more tanks and aircraft in the 144-1945 time frame then any other time but did not have the fuel to use them.
The French army was much larger and had superior tanks to the Germans and the Polish army was almost as large but both lost to superior tactics, the training of the German troops and speed. Germany lost in the long run to the combined military and industrial strength of the British Commonwealth, the U.S. and to a large degree the Russians which combined outnumbered the Axis forces at a factor of almost ten to one. Even at that if Hitler had not tried playing tactician it is possible that the German High Command plans could have taken the Russians out of the war and the U.S. and British Commonwealth would have had a very difficult time invading Europe.
From the German military point of view, the Western Front in World War 2 was secondary in some ways to the Eastern Front. They committed a much smaller number in total troops, overall quality of troops and equipment to those facing the Russians; approximately 75% of the German military was involved in fighting the Russians. Over 90% of the elite armor and infantry units spent most of the war fighting the Russians; the exception to that was units needing a break were sometimes moved to fight the British and Americans and during the Battle of the Bulge where the German tank forces basically lost because they ran out of fuel.

Answer 2

As for being the best prepared.I would say they were not.Only a few of their units were fully motorized (the panzer divisions).Much of the army was horse-drawn throughout the war.Efficient they were.
Someone said that they were successful only because they faced weaker opponents.The invasion of Norway almost failed.And the French had better tanks than the Germans.French doctrine being that tanks supported infantry.Not the other way around like the Germans.By the way, in 1939, the US and British armies also believed that tanks should be used to support the infantry.

Answer 3

If you should ever doubt the powers that Nazi Germany could have achieved, then take just a moment to look at where the following inventions came from:

Nuclear Weapons
Jet Engine Fighter Planes
Track and Wheel Vehicles.
Rocket Technology

If Germany had not been stopped when they were, you, my friends, would probably be speaking German now!

IF Germany had redeveloped torpedeo technology, their U-Boats could have sunk every single troop ship heading for the Normandy Coast for the invasion!

And, If Germany has redesigned their battery system for their U-Boats to run submerged, they could have remained submerged for two weeks before surfacing, instead of the normal 12 hours of operating on their battery power, then surfacing to recharge their batteries.

Thank you

Answer 4

The Macedonian military (Al the great), when you consider that he consistently overcame great odds, and conquered the main land in the shortest quantity of time, while in comparison with all others. So, they have been the main precious. i could question their techniques, although, as each conflict in actuality observed the comparable course: widely used Parmenion could draw a extensive component of the enemy troops over to the left ingredient, drawing the foe out of place, till Al could desire to circle them from the suitable. this implies that although Al replaced into the main valuable, he wasn't that resourceful a commander. additionally, the Macedonian checklist overstates Al's fulfillment. Al and employer say (this ingredient I purely stumbled on on the wiki website), that they won against the army of India, yet for a number of motives desperate to teach lower back, AFTER Al had given some land to the Indian commander, in appreciate to the Indian's great braveness. Now, how credible is that? i actually think of the Indians defeated Al, and he had to supply up land to them. inspite of the above, i could nevertheless fee Al's Macedonian as maximum after Rome's.

Answer 5

Yes in 1939 they were. The German general staff generally understood the idea of mobility better than the Allies. However the Russian front and America's ability to produce was thier downfall.

Answer 6

By far Germany was the most prepared for world war II.
Germany felt they had something to prove after losing world war I. They went all out in rearmament. However Hitler's downfall was the invasion of Russia. He under estimated the fighting spirit and perserverance of the slavic people. 88% of all German casualties were on the eastern front. Hitler who apparently studied history was quite ignorant of Russian history. He thought he would invade and our people would submit. Don't think so. Napoleon believed the same thing until his army was decimated, broken, and eventually laid to waste. The mongolians thought the same thing. Sure the mongolians won the early battles, but in the end they too were forced to pay homage to their superiors. Today mongolia is irrelevent in world affairs with Russia controlling much of Mongolia's internal affairs. So in that regard Hitler is no different. He invaded, his army grinded to a halt, and the slow steady beating of Germany commenced until it culminated with the raising of the flag over Berlin. And Germany too would become irrelavant in world affairs for the next 2 generations. Hitler was too egotistical. He failed to realize that both culturally, as well as socially it was Russia's job to guide and lead Europe. Not Germany's.

Answer 7

Yes. They had modernized their military and were at the top of the "heap" when WW2 started.

My dad was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1939. He was in a horse-drawn artillery unit until very late in 1942.

Answer 8

Considering the outcome of the war, I would have to give that one a definite "no." Efficient armies don't lose as soon as they are faced by a challenging enemy. The Germans mainly invaded countries with no real defence. The second the Russians and Americans stepped in, they were toast. Try Imperial Rome for a well prepared and efficient army.

Answer 9

Yes they had the best: equipped army and the best trained army in the world. By far.

Answer 10

Yes they were - They has a lot of funding from American military interests one of who was Prescot Bush George's grandfather

Hitler took the power of valueing currency to himself and threw out the international equation for how money arrives at it's value - He also canceled the debt to England for starting the 1st war

This is how he took a bankrupt nation to the 3rd most powerful economy in the world in less than a decade


Facisim should be called corpratisim as it is the merger between the state and the corperation - Musolini - (facist dictator of Italy and Hitlers puppet )