Were the Germans really that good?

[McIvan]

The Russians may not have been tactical geniuses, but they had operational geniuses whereas the Germans, increasingly, had Hitler and in the end that counted for a lot more. I guess we need to know at which level you are talking...tactical, operational, what?

The best welterweight in the world will still get his heinie kicked by a reasonable heavyweight 9 times out of ten. Or, to use another analogy, four special ops guys can still get shot by a hundred militia.....doesn't make the special ops guys worse soldiers.