Hitler had the most modern military in the world in 1939, which had been tested and honed during the Spanish Civil War in 1936. While most European nations were still flying biplanes, the Luftewafe was flying aircraft capable of over 200 miles per hour, armed with 20mm canon. The Tiger tank was unequaled until late in the war. The German 88mm artillary gun was effective as a tank gun, anti-aircraft weapon, and field artillary. Also, Hitler did not fight the way that European military leaders had fought for over a century. He bypassed the Maginot Line of France, a heavily fortified defense built specifically to stop German troops from invading France, by invading the supposedly neutral Low Countries. The Blitzkreig was a combined armoured, paratrooper, and air assault, which overwhelmed the antiquated defenses of its targets.
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