That is a huge field, maybe 25 football fields? All those kids in unison, marching, exercising, running around... no wonder the rest of europe was nervous. Channeling and controlling all that energy? The rallies on the same fields with 100000 men? No wonder they were proud.
Sieg Heil!
The Versailles Treaty ensured that Germany would have the best 100,000 men in their army. That cadre created the Heer, SS, Fallschirmjaeger, and panzer units. Read: The Black March by Peter Neuman.
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