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.