Was Germany WW1 the greatest army of all time?

>>1693921

No, why would they be?

>>1693921
>couldn't take Paris

>>1693925
Well, let's see

>One of the biggest armies in history
>Most technologically advanced at their time
>Invented a new style of lightly camouflaged attire
>Near PERFECT organization
>Described as the scariest army ever seen by their enemies

>>1693932
It took several HUGE nations, just to best Germany

>>1693936
>couldn't even get past the Marne

>>1693936
>Most technologically advanced
You wrote British Army wrong
>near PERFECT organization
German army was organized while marching in the battlefield they weren't. They didn't communicate with other sections of the front

>>1693936

But the modern US Army is better than the WW1 army on all those points. The technological discrepancy between the strongest and weakest army today is greater than it was back then.

Also, there have been bigger armies. So why even bother with that point.

And the US army invented a lot of things. Lightly camouflaged attire doesn't really strike me as that... impressive. Also, nobody was scared of the german army moreso than any other army back then

>>1693936
Yeah they had the best tanks too amiright

>>1693936
>It took several HUGE nations, just to best Germany

It just took a few French dudes in taxi cabs to prevent them from reaching Paris though

>>1693921
Germany had a very strong military relative to their size, but they were always hampered by inept German diplomacy.

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>>1694032
What do you mean relative to their size? Germany was the most populous European country at the time after Russia, closely followed by Austria-Hungary. France and UK both were almost half the size of Germany.

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No, their ww1 army can't even touch the glorious SS divisons

>>1693955
>You wrote British Army wrong
lol

>>1693936
>It took several HUGE nations, just to best Germany

Took even more to defeat or even just draw France in basically every European war from 1648 to 1815

Speaking of the western front:

They failed in their original goal and had to pull back and dig in.

Then they failed in their attempt to win the stalemate through attrition.

Admittedly they were fairly successful in prolonging the stalemate but that cuts both ways, because:

Then they failed to break the stalemate with their grand offensive, only to:

Be pushed back by the enemy counter-offensive, and then they lost the war.

Not exactly a great track record.