Quote:Hitler used tactics other people had used successfully.
Funny that the Western Allies failed to see that. No. Give Hitler his due. He weeded out the old Prussian war horses and let the younger officers (Guderian, Rommel and, perhaps most of all Von Manstein) who had impressed him with their ideas have their head. Manstein's initial plan for Fall Gelb was rejected by the staff officers but Hitler backed it.
Napoleon did not develop the tactics that La Grande Armee used either... but he used them to their utmost.
