mil is commonly supposed that German victories on the Continent were due almost entirely to superiority in the air, mechanized equipment on the ground end employment of fifth column methods.
These things were of importance, of course, but Germany also introduced a new technique of warfare, throwing accepted military principles out of the window and using that most effective of all secret weapons surprise, reports the "Sphere" (New York).
It may be seriously argued that, had the Allied forces been equal in equipment, still the Germans would have achieved outstanding victories, although perhaps, not so rapidly.
The Allied military brain was stagnant and impervious to ideas. The mere existence of the Maginot Line proves this. The Allied High Command obviously felt that all future wars would simply be trench warfare, on a glorified scale, and that whoever had the better trenches would triumph inthe end. Thus, the guns in the Maginot Line were all pointed in one direction, toward Germany.
French military genius. it appears, never even contemplated, the possibility that the attack might be from the rear, via the air. This, in spite of the fact that the development of the plane was well known, The illustrated magazines had been filled with pictures of parachute troops in Russia and elsewhere.
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