Following Germany's defeat in World War I, the Germans signed the
Versailles Treaty, superficially agreeing to limit their war
powers. The Allies envisioned the future German army as a lightly
armed border guard and international security force. The Germans
had other plans.
As early as 1919, James Corum contends, the tactical foundations
were being laid for the Nazi Blitzkrieg. Between 1919 and 1933,
German military leaders created and nurtured the Reichswehr, a new
military organization built on the wreckage of the old Imperial
Army. It was not being groomed for policing purposes.
Focusing on Hans von Seeckt, General Staff Chief and Army
Commander, Corum traces the crucial transformations in German
military tactical doctrine, organization, and training that laid
the foundations for fighting Germany's future wars. In doing so, he
restores balance to prior assessment of von Seeckt's influence and
demonstrates how the general, along with a few other "visionary"
officers--including armor tactician Ernst Volckheim and air
tactician Helmut Wilberg--collaborated to develop the core doctrine
for what became the Blitzkrieg.
The concepts of mobile war so essential to Germany's strength in
World War II, Corum shows, were in place well before the tools
became available. As an unforeseen consequence of the Versailles
Treaty, the Germans were not saddled with a stockpile of outdated
equipment as the Allies were. This, ironically, resulted in an
advantage for the Germans, who were able to create doctrine first
and design equipment to match it.
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