Mosier's reply.

Dear sir,

It is often quite difficult for peopole with fixed ideas,
regadrless of their educational background, to assimilate
new information that contradicts their deeply held beliefs.
This seems to be true in your case.

With all good will, then, I suggest you go back and read the
book. All the "errors" you point out are actually well
documented facts, and your inferences about German equipment
and organization are completely wrong, as I, and a number of
other people, make pretty clear.

You apparently don't understand the basic point about German
equipment and how it was distributed. That the French had
as many or more tanks than the Germans is well documented,
not only in French and German sources (including Guderian's
Memoirs), but by other military historians, e.g., Professor
Corum.

By later standards, neither side had much in the way of an
"armored division." As for the "balanced" nature of the
German divisions, I suggest you read Matthew Cooper. You
hardly have to rely on my research in the matter.

You seem to believe that books such as mine are not
subjected to all sorts of scrutiny by professionals in the
field--technical experts as well as military historians. My
French translator is a former army officer and tank
commander, who has gone over the book with the proverbial
toothcomb, as has the French historian who's writing the
introduction. An equally knowledgeable Austrian expert did
the same thing with the text after it came out. Both of
them have found minor mistakes, as have I. None of them
relate to the areas you declaim as being serious.

As I say, it is very hard for people to change deeply held
ideas, and I don't write this in the idea that you will
agree.

My suggestion is that you write your own book on the matter.

I appreciate you're looking at the book, and taking time to
write.

John Mosier