Helmuth von Moltke sent military officers to the US to learn modern warfare from Ulysses S Grant. He had Prussian troops lay wire for telegraph lines so generals could instantly communicate with troops on the front lines. He should have bought the Gatling gun and also improved upon the Union's repeating rifles. A longer barrel and a 10 round clip would have been great.

The Prussians had a superior military Staff college. When the French soldiers were called up, they got on trains and arrived en masse at a forward camp where everyone walked around for 3 days to get organized into combat units. The Prussians were assembled into combat units by their sergeants at the railroad stations before boarding the trains.

When the French soldiers were called up, they got on trains and arrived en masse at a forward camp where everyone walked around for 3 days to get organized into combat units. The Prussians were assembled into combat units by their sergeants at the railroad stations before boarding the trains.

That was the German attention to details. The frog eaters were always sloppy about this.

Hitler had the French sign the Armistice in the same rail car Germany signed the Versailles Treaty. He really stuck it to them. ;)