LOL! Rhino, I'm not a German military fanboy. I've just studied the war in Europe to a great extent.
You wrote: Hitler and the Nazis “brilliance” was the equivalent of the “knockout game” being played. Sucker punching an unprepared victim.
Yes, there was a lot of that. It only works on a hide-bound military hierarchy, which has been accused of "always fighting the last war". But you still have to take the gamble.
I was reading up on Eben-Emael [NOT Hillary's personal email server] this week, and of course, revisited the question of Remagen. Two excellent examples of outside-the-box thinking.
That boob Monty would have nixed the Rhine bridgehead, if he could have.
I read the Rick Atkinson Liberation Trilogy a few months back and, man, Monty was a colossal jackass. It gave me a huge appreciation for Eisenhower's skills in just holding the alliance together.