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To: jmacusa

You’re mixing up your plans. The Manstein Plan of 1940 completely altered the Schleiffen Plan of 1914. The Brits were very prepared for the 1914 plan and that is why they were positioned where they were positioned.

Schleifen himself warned that the Germans had to use a risky economy-of-force (undermanned force) across the main front in order to make the right wing strong enough. In 1914 it just barely failed because the Germans did not accept enough risk to give the main attack quite enough mass.


16 posted on 07/30/2017 7:52:05 AM PDT by Monterrosa-24 (...even more American than a Russian AK-47 and a French bikini.)
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To: Monterrosa-24

Let the right sleeve of the right-most soldier brush the Channel.


20 posted on 07/30/2017 8:19:40 AM PDT by x1stcav (White. Male. Unreconstructed. Never owned a slave.)
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To: Monterrosa-24

Dude, you’ve got it backwards. Heinz Gruderian was the architect of victory in France in 1940.


29 posted on 07/30/2017 9:15:38 AM PDT by jmacusa (Dad may be in charge but mom knows whats going on.)
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