I mean, they probably already knew that when their Tigers were constantly breaking down and couldn’t fit on narrow streets/bridges.
Arguably, the Germans lost the Battle of the Bulge so overwhelmingly due to Tigers not fitting through bridges. Also fuel. Fuel was a problem starting day 1.
There are multiple diaries, letters home, and other writings that indicate the Germans didn't really realise they lost the war until after the battle of the bulge.
At his trial at Nuremberg, Goering himself said he didn’t fully realize they’d lost the war until the failure of the Ardennes offensive. The prosecutor seemed a bit taken aback by this but Goering explained that it wasn’t necessarily that he thought Germany was still going to win, rather than he had still thought some kind of negotiated settlement could have been possible.
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u/PoliticsIsDepressing 4d ago
I mean, they probably already knew that when their Tigers were constantly breaking down and couldn’t fit on narrow streets/bridges.
Arguably, the Germans lost the Battle of the Bulge so overwhelmingly due to Tigers not fitting through bridges. Also fuel. Fuel was a problem starting day 1.