re: #324 wheat-dogghazi
And almost everyone expected it would be over in a few months! Even Germany was not prepared for a war lasting four years.
Everyone’s plans involved a swift, decisive stab into the enemy’s heart, and the assumption that it would work as planned. Well, Germany’s was more like a swift cut to the enemy’s neck. But still.
None of them really understood the effect of modern weaponry on their old tactics.