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Originally Posted by Sloniksp
Yes, Moscow was the center and a huge target, capturing Moscow however, would not have ended the war. The Germans would have never captured Stalin as he had a special train waiting for him in case all was lost. Not at all sure about the extra troops.... Germans and her allies lost over 800,000 trying to capture Stalingrad and failed. How many troops do you think Germany might have lost trying to capture the worlds most fortified city which was also 4 times the size of Stalingrad? The fact that most of the city was also booby trapped didnt help NAZI cause.
For 3 years Germany tried everything to capture Leningrad. What else could Germany have done?
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Slon;
The Nogorski account;
The greatest battle: Stalin, Hitler ... - Google Books
The Soviet Military was in a shambles that Fall of 1941-but fortunately so too were the Axis spearheads. IF Hitler would have gotten an earlier start could have he have taken Moscow? Would the seizure of the Soviet railheads have paralized the Soviet transport network? I am guessing yes on both counts. For certain the war would have gone on but the Soviets would have been operating in a much diminished capacity.
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