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Originally Posted by Feuer Frei!
Indeed, this was also a big issue for us, the rivalry, spurned on by Hitler.
Everyone wanted to prove to him that they were the best. Everyone wanted to outdo each other to be his 'favourite'.
Everyone wanted to avoid failure. For fear of failure was big.
Ultimately because of this, decisions were made hastily, often not being consulted at the low levels of command, on the ground in most cases with the ground commanders.
But i get your point.  |
Command rivalries aren't unique to the Germans. There was quite a bit between Montgomery and Patton as well as MacArthur and Nimitz.