@GabeLakmann @Chet The germans were just not ready for what was to come. I bet if you were to go to any point before america’s entry they’d tell you there’s little chance of total war mobilization of the american system to bludgeon them into submission. They thought that american citizens’ desires to stay out of things actually had any bearing on their masters’ orders. Instead they launched 100% against the reich, with most of the guys bound for europe complaining that they weren’t attacking japan instead.
Tigers are cool and all, but I think we made something like 9 shermans for every one of them, and ours fit on a standard railway car for transport.
Of all the lessons we could learn from WWII, the enduring myth of “Quality, not Quantity*” is one I’d like put to rest for good.