[Protagoras]

The German army was 'superior' to the US army in World War 2, but who got beaten by who?

A common myth. They were better at some things and worse at others.

Our commanders, better. Our command structure, better. Our intellingence, better. Our equipment, worse early, better late. Our soldiers were the match of even the best Wermacht, and vastly superior to most of their troops (on the western front) whose ranks were riddled in a meaningful way by conscripts, old men and youngsters by the time we were up against them. Early on they had superior weaponry in tanks, cannons and machine guns, later the gap was closed.

In short, they had a bad plan and they were nuts to declare war on us. Hitler did it himself without any consulting anyone else. They are mostly in hell now.

[bvw]

Wars are won by the most cowardly side.

[Sam Cree]

Well, the Garand semi auto rifle was, I believe, more effective by far than the rifle the Germans used for most of the war. Possession of the superior basic weapon has to have made a major difference. I have read that when first confronted with our rifle companies, German soldiers thought they were facing fully automatic weapons.

I'm not too sure we ever closed the gap on tanks, though.