DZ Season 064 Part 63. The American Way of War – What the Americans Had to Say – Officers – Less Than Mediocre?
Martin Creveld, in his study, Fighting Power, seeking to evaluate the performance of the German Army by comparing it with the US Army, gave his report on the conclusions he reached about the American Army.
What were his conclusions about the United States Army, and why? He wrote:
If it is indeed true… that …. the officer corps counts for everything in war, then the American officer corps of World War II was less than mediocre …. Between them and their German opposite numbers there simply is no comparison possible.
But of the American GI he said:
Wherever he came—even within Germany itself—he…
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