For the Netherlands to do it properly would put half the country underwater. I think Finland has a much better chance to succeed because they didn’t build most of the country below sea level to start with.
During WW2 (and pretty much every war up to then), the standard Dutch strategy was to break the dikes and flood the land as inundation defenses. It didn’t work very well during WW2, among other things due to airborne drops (which the Germans sucked at, but numbers count), and more modern equipment.
Hey uhh, Finland… Hi, it’s the Netherlands here. We found that doesnt really work anymore. Didn’t work in 1940, doubt it works now.
But don’t let that stop you!
The country who sold all their tanks to us is lecturing us on defence
For the Netherlands to do it properly would put half the country underwater. I think Finland has a much better chance to succeed because they didn’t build most of the country below sea level to start with.
Could you elaborate on this?
The mud-season and swampiness in eastern Europe definitely were major obstacles for the German invasion forces at the eastern front.
During WW2 (and pretty much every war up to then), the standard Dutch strategy was to break the dikes and flood the land as inundation defenses. It didn’t work very well during WW2, among other things due to airborne drops (which the Germans sucked at, but numbers count), and more modern equipment.