In 1957, historical Department of the General staff of the Israeli army conducted a survey of thousands of respondents (among whom were the commanders, military experts, historians and war correspondents from around the world).
According to the survey, a list of the best ground troops in the second world war: (Points from 10 – minimum to 100 – maximum):
- The Wehrmacht – 93 points
- Japanese army – 86 points
- The Soviet army – 83 points
- Finnish army – 79 points
- Polish army – 71 points
- The British army – 62 points
- Us army – 55 points
- French army – 39 points
- Italian army – 24 points.