Norman Ohler

But that was the only plan that they had.

That's why the high command said, no, we're not going to do it.

It's stupid.

But these three tank generals, they had kind of like,

Somehow they were able to snuck into Hitler's office and they said, look, if we go with the whole army through the Ardennes mountains, like Hitler, this is not possible.

This is like a mountain range.

How can the whole German army fit through this eye of a needle, basically?

And they said, no, we can do it because everyone misunderstands what tanks can do.

Tanks are not slow tanks.

machines in the back that kind of wait for the action to happen.

And then, you know, I don't know, support this somehow.

We're going to use tanks in the front as race cars, basically.

We're going to overpower the enemy.

We're going to be in France before the French who are stationed all with the British in Northern Belgium and also on the Maginot Line, but not really in the Ardennes Mountains.

That was hardly fortified because no one could imagine that Germany would go through there.

And before they know it, we are already behind them, basically.

We are already in France and they're still hanging out in Northern Belgium because it takes quite a while to travel.

This was a different time also.

So he was convinced and he then ordered the attack.

The attack would happen.