Moral Combat: A History of World War II by Michael Burleigh

Author:Michael Burleigh [Burleigh, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780007195770
Google: RkveuqxhOfEC
Published: 2011-06-15T15:26:41+00:00

Efforts to blind the generals with science generally worked, but the more perceptive saw through this smokescreen. The war operations planner, General Walter Warlimont identified several fundamental flaws:

A man like Hitler could not be expected to grasp the full import of the job which he had taken over; quite apart from the fact that in many respects he was ignorant of the basic principles of the exercise of command, he was overloaded with other responsibilities, and finally it was not in his nature. As regards intelligence of the enemy he only accepted what suited him and often refused even to listen to unpalatable information. As before, time and space were for him only vague ideas which should not be allowed to affect the determination of a man who knew where he was going. As a soldier of the First World War, he felt himself better qualified than any of his advisers to judge the capacity of the troops, and this was the subject of interminable and repetitive dissertations…He had already shown that strategically he did not understand the principle of concentrating forces at the decisive point; now he proved incapable of applying it tactically also, so nervous was he of exposing himself to attack anywhere…he showed he lacked the most important quality of a military leader, knowledge of men and the understanding and mutual confidence which spring therefrom.31

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