It's scary how wrong they were on this.
The first nine days of the Second World War ended last week with German legions - in a practical field demonstrtion of the technique of "Blitzkrieg" (lightning war) sweeping to the gates of Warsaw.
He ends his essay with a safe but accurate prediction:
The war promises to be long; Germany has won her first victory; she will probably win many more, but she will probably lose the war.