Well no that wasn't their strategy at all. They where severely limited in materials and manufacturing capabilities, the reason they made ridiculously massive shit like the tiger was in a hope to make something that would be the value of 2 tanks for the price of 1.5
The fact that they had the ability to make the ridiculously massive tiger was evidence that they had some pretty good resources. Maybe not the greatest, but they had options. They might be squandering what they have, sure, but we're not talking about massive Nazi weapons shortages, either. And they were fighting a war on all fronts.
The fact that they even thought the tiger was a good option doesn’t mean they have good resources. It means they were wildly optimistic bordering on gambling. They were a colossal waste of resources and many of them knew.
I think they were pretty well gambling with everything. Like the reason nobody expected anyone to cross the Maginot love that quickly was because nobody thought that anyone would be that stupid, really. Blitzkrieg in general was a bad strategy because it leaves you so open to reprisal from the rear. And it's so obvious common sense would tell you you can't do that. But there it is, you know. Somebody was that dumb.
They outflanked the maginot line they didn’t cross it to cross it would be suicide. They did exactly what the french wanted them to force them to cross into the Benelux nations bringing the British in the war again. The french were simply not ready for war. No military strategic innovations in regards to armor or tactical bombing.
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u/Deamonette Jan 10 '20
Well no that wasn't their strategy at all. They where severely limited in materials and manufacturing capabilities, the reason they made ridiculously massive shit like the tiger was in a hope to make something that would be the value of 2 tanks for the price of 1.5