At the outbreak of war in 1939, the German Army was one of the finest fighting forces in the world. No other army since Napoleon’s ‘Grand Armee’ had begun a war with such resounding conquests and victories and ended it in such total defeat.
At the outbreak of war in 1939, the German Army was one of the finest fighting forces in the world. No other army since Napoleon’s ‘Grand Armee’ had begun a war with such resounding conquests and victories and ended it in such total defeat.