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Early Access: Victory in Poland: German High Command not Happy (Patreon)

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Victory in Poland: Germans not Happy?

In Fall 1939 the Wehrmacht had defeated the Polish Forces rather quickly, yet the German Army High Command (OKH) was not particularly happy about the overall performance of the Army. So, what were the reasons for this "dissatisfaction"? Was it just nitpicking? Were there real issues? »» SUPPORT MHV «« » paypal donation - https://paypal.me/mhvis » patreon - https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv » subscribe star - https://www.subscribestar.com/mhv » Book Wishlist https://www.amazon.de/gp/registry/wishlist/3LJIXNJIUXJES/ref=cm_wl_huc_view?language=en_GB »» MERCHANDISE «« » teespring - https://teespring.com/stores/military-history-visualized » SOURCES « Murray, Williamson: The German Response to Victory in Poland. A Case Study in Professionalism. In: Armed Forces and Society, Vol. 7 No. 2, Winter 1981, p. 285-298. Citino, Robert M.: The German Way of War. From the Thirty Years’ War to the Third Reich. University Press of Kansas: USA, 2005. Amazon.com (affiliate): http://amzn.to/2vsQKve Amazon.de (affiliate): http://amzn.to/2vozlWa Frieser, Karl-Heinz: Blitzkrieg-Legende. Der Westfeldzug 1940. 4. Auflage. Oldenbourg Verlag: München, 2012. Amazon.com (affiliate): http://amzn.to/2vsZtOf Amazon.de (affiliate): http://amzn.to/2x1rs8B Corum, James S.: The Luftwaffe's Army Support Doctrine, 1918-1941. In: The Journal of Military History, Vol. 59, No. 1 (Jan., 1995), p. 53-76 Murray, Williamson: The Luftwaffe Experience, 1939-1941. In: Cooling, Benjamin Franklin (ed.): Case Studies in the Development of Close Air Support. Office of Air Force History: Washington DC, United States (1990), p. 71-113 Müller, Rolf-Dieter (Hrsg.); Volkmann, Hans-Erich (Hrsg.): Die Wehrmacht – Mythos und Realität. Amazon.com (affiliate): https://amzn.to/2HopIsI Amazon.de (affiliate): https://amzn.to/2HlSU3t » DISCLAIMER « As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Als Amazon-Partner verdiene ich an qualifizierten Käufen. » CREDITS & SPECIAL THX « Song: Ethan Meixsell - Demilitarized Zone #Wehrmacht #WW2 #Poland1939

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Minion

Maybe the phrase "A glass half empty" could be used to express the German high command's pessimism...

Richard Stokes

Yes, in support of your argument, Becker's suicide intrigues me. In the recent Cambridge History of WW2, Karl-Heinz Freiser writes: "Even today , it is almost unknown that at the end of the Polish campaign the German forces stood at the edge of a debacle and were judged by their military leadership as 'no longer capable of operations'. That is to say, they were no longer logistically in a position to pursue the war. Only the sudden end of the Polish campaign saved the army and the Air Force from collapse, especially in the munitions sector. .. A high point of the ensuing 'crisis of nerves' was the suicide of General Becker, the head of the army ordnance branch..." p 289-290.