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How Britain Invented, Then Ignored, Blitzkrieg

2019/12/13
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Tim Harford: 本期节目讲述了英国发明闪电战，却将其忽视的故事，以及其他公司错失良机的案例，分析了组织僵化、破坏性创新、架构创新等因素导致公司错失良机的原因。JFC 富勒敏锐地意识到坦克是解决战争中如何穿越泥泞、战壕和铁丝网的战术问题的关键，并提出了攻击德军指挥部的战略构想，即著名的“1919计划”。然而，英国军官阶层偏爱传统的战争方式，对坦克这种新式武器持保留态度，导致富勒的计划未能实施。在Cambrai战役中，英国坦克取得战术成功，但由于指挥部决策失误，错失了战略机遇。 JFC Fuller: 富勒是一位杰出的军事战略家，他预见到了坦克在未来战争中的重要作用，并提出了闪电战的作战构想。他认为坦克是解决战争中如何穿越泥泞、战壕和铁丝网的战术问题的关键，并提出了攻击德军指挥部的战略构想，即著名的“1919计划”。然而，由于英国军队的组织僵化和对传统作战方式的固守，他的计划未能得到采纳。 英国高级军官: 英国高级军官们对坦克这种新式武器持保留态度，他们更偏爱传统的战争方式，认为坦克会降低士兵的智力水平。他们对富勒的创新性战略构想缺乏理解和支持，导致富勒的计划未能实施。 德国军队: 德国军队密切关注英国对坦克的实验和富勒的战略思想，并在希特勒上台后，迅速发展坦克部队，并成功地将闪电战战术运用到二战中，取得了显著的军事成果。 希特勒: 希特勒执政后，大力发展坦克部队，并成功地将闪电战战术运用到二战中，取得了显著的军事成果，这与富勒的战略思想不谋而合。

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In 1917, a British officer developed a strategy for using tanks that was later adopted by the Germans as Blitzkrieg. This episode explores why the British failed to capitalize on their own invention and how similar patterns have repeated in other industries.

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In 1917, a brilliant British officer developed a way to use an emerging military technology: the tank. The British army promptly squandered the idea – but the Germans did not. Blitzkrieg, the devastating advance of German tanks across Europe in 1940, was invented by the British.

This is a common story: Sony invented the forerunner of the iPod, Xerox the personal computer, and Kodak the digital camera. In each case they failed to capitalize on the idea. Why?

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