Why Is Germany Effective At The Tactical And Operational Levels Of Ww2

Analyzing the occurrences during World War II, the statement “despite being effective at the tactical and operational levels of war, the Germans lost the war on the strategic level” can be concluded to be absolutely true. In order to prove this statement, two things must be proven - first that Germany was effective at the tactical and operational levels and second that they failed on the strategic level. Occurrences that suggest tactical and operational success of the German army are seen through their rapid victories at the start of the war with wildly successful Blitzkrieg tactics throughout Europe that resulted in operational success in the invasions and victories of many European countries during these early years of the war. However, the reason that these operational successes never translated into strategic successes and the reason that the Germans lost the war on the strategic
At the start of World War II Hitler experienced great success on the operational and tactical levels as seen by his rapid triumphant military operations against Poland, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Yugoslavia, Greece, and France that resulted from successful Blitzkrieg tactics. During this time Hitler was also at his best against Britain, utilizing his U-Boats with such efficiency in sinking British ships that Churchill described it as the only period in which he thought he would lose the war (Catherwood). Rapid success gave the appearance that Hitler was unstoppable and guaranteed to achieve his goals for Europe. However, it would come to be seen that these German successes were only short-term, and the eventual failure of Germany would begin at this point as their lack of coordination and unified strategy would catch up with them and take heavy tolls as the Germans found themselves in poorer and poorer positions as the war