The Decline of the German Army and Navy

Their worst crime was to victimize the Army.

The parliament threw away the weapons which were needed to defend the liberty of our people.

Through the Marxist and democratic Press, the Jews spread the colossal falsehood about ‘German Militarism’ throughout the world.

They tried to inculpate Germany by every possible means. At the same time, the Marxist and democratic parties refused to give adequate training to our national defence forces.

The lack of properly trained soldiers at the start of a war leads to the loss of such a war.

The number of recruits trained for the land forces was too small.

Unfortunately, even the naval authorities themselves were contaminated with this spirit of half-heartedness.

This lack of foresight and geniuus was obvious in them building ships somewhat smaller than those just launched by the British.

A fleet which cannot be made as large as that of the probable enemy should compensate by the superior fighting power of each ship.

It is the weight of the fighting power that counts and not any sort of traditional quality. As a matter of fact,

Modern technical development is so advanced and so well proportioned among the civilized States. It is practically impossible for one Power to build vessels which would have a superior fighting quality.

But smaller vessels will hardly be superior in action to larger ones.

The smaller German vessels have less speed and armament.

The Navy declared that the German guns were superior to the British 30.5 cm in terms of striking efficiency.

But that means they should have built more 30.5 cm. guns.

The naval authorities in peacetime renounced the principle of attack. Thus they had to follow a defensive policy from the start of the War.

A vessel with slower speed and weaker armament will be crippled by an adversary that is faster, stronger, and can frequently shoot from a favourable distance.

A large number of cruisers have been through bitter experiences in this matter.

If the German vessels in the Battle of the Skagerrak had been of equal size, the same armament and same speed as the English, the British Fleet would have gone down under the tempest of the German 38 centimeter shells.

• These hit their aims more accurately and effectively.

Japan had followed a different kind of naval policy.

They created every single new vessel with a fighting force that would be superior to those of the eventual adversaries.

• This allowed their fleet to be used for the offensive.

Ludendorff was then a Colonel in the General Staff. He led a desperate struggle against the Reichstag’s policies and in most cases voted against them.

He was unsuccessful because of:

• the Parliament and
• Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg

Only the Jew knew that by an able and persistent use of propaganda heaven itself can be presented to the people as if it were hell and, vice versa, the most miserable kind of life can be presented as if it were paradise.

The Jew knew this and acted accordingly.

But the German, or rather his Government, did not have the slightest suspicion of it.