“Without hesitation he said the Germans. He saw a few Germans hold off platoons of Americans or Brits and work like machines.”
That’s always the kraut excuse when they get their ass kicked. The French stopped em and held them in WWI. The Russians beat them like a drum. The US army went from Normandy to deep into Germany in less than a year.
And still it’s always, “the German soldier is the ultimate soldier, only defeated by human waves and firepower”. The fact is that they were outfought from the level of General down to NCO and PFC.
I only reported the opinion of someone who was there. And the way he answered told me he had no doubts. Read up on the history of the N. Africa, Sicily, and Italian campaigns and you’ll find that the Germans were tough and very expensive to push back. Same in Russia and the first month after the Normandy landings. And since the Civil War firepower has been the calling card of the American army. So to me what he said rang true. Main point is those Germans and their grandsons are very different creatures. The warrior spirit has been bred right out of the society, which on the whole and considering we’re talking about the Germans, isn’t an entirely bad thing.