So true. Many folks bought, and still buy into, the propaganda machine's work in having everyone believe that the Germans had gobs and gobs of armored vehicles and mechanized transport during the second unpleasantness. If memory serves me correctly, German infantry divisions throughout WWII were 80% to 90% horse drawn throughout the war.
An old reenacting pard and I, who have dealt with harnessing and driving teams of horses at living history sites, etc. were remarking to our friends on FB the other evening about how late 20th c./early 21st c. folks cannot hope to wrap their heads around the numbers of horses used up by all participants during WWI. The world was still a "horse-drawn" then. Vehicles powered by internal combustion engines were by far the exception rather than the rule.
Thanks so much for posting that info James.
Warren
PS: My Godfather was in the cavalry during WWII, and remembered in 1943 when they came to take the horses. Kinda busted a lot of grown men up, lots of sniffling, and guys with something in their eye.