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There is the argument that the Heer ( the German army ) itself was not ready for blitzkrieg at the start of the war.
In 1939 – 40, 45 percent of the army was 40 years old, and 50 percent of all the soldiers had just a few weeks training.
During the First World War the German army used horses for logistics, 1. 4 million of them, in the 1939 – 45 war it used 2. 7 million horses.
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