RE: especially after (arguably) the BEST military in the world (the German Army in 1941) has just failed ...
The best military? They were defeated by the allies and Hitler was a micro-manager.
Patton just wanted to run them out of Europe and not divide up the countries.
Clearly the Nazis were not the best military in the world. Yes, they had hardened brave troops. Yes, they had excellent military equipment. The political and military leadership was their Achilles Heel. Still to be the best requires all three.
In the end is there any argument that the US and Brittan had the best militaries?
I contend that both Germany and Japan had too small a military and limited natural resources to pull off such a grandiose scheme with so many far-flung fronts, which led the Nazis to adopt less than stellar allies and the Japs basically being terrorists.
Bingo. And especially when the Brits and French and what was left of the other allied “armies” were not going to fight one minute more.
The rumor was that Patton had suggested to Eisenhower, that the momentum was on our side as was the weapon production. Added to that he had in his Army area Waffen SS divisions that were ready to be re-equipped for a counter attack to the east. Patton figured it was only a matter of time before we were in a war against communist Russia who was at that point in time exhausted. Also remember we already had the Atomic Bomb and a large force in the Pacific to handle the east end of Russia. But there is too much iffy history there. We had 14 million under arms and by 45’ they were tired, and wanted to go home. We had enough of war. It was time to go home, get married, buy a home in Levittown, raise kids, and hope and pray for world peace. So what we did get, was “duck and cover”, for 40 years and non stop brush fire wars around the Globe, waiting for the next Big one to take place. In regard to the German Army and the Waffen SS units, it was the best Army of it’s time, but they fought for all the wrong reasons, and were forced to follow the strategy of an E-4 (who gave rousing speeches) commanded the General Staff.
do some homework on productionin WWII. no way the soviets would have been able to keep up with us.
we had the bomb and means to deliver.
quit embarrasing yourself.