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Originally Posted by lonewulf
I don't agree with this. If anything it was Hitler, rather than his generals, who understood that it was the control of resources, rather than bricks and mortar, that would determine ultimate victory. That is why he withdrew from the Battle for Moscow and thrust towards Stalingrad and the Volga because he understood the economic significance of the Volga to the survival of the Soviet Union.
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umm, the original point of Fall Blau was to attack the Caucasus to capture the vital Soviet oil fields there, it was Hitler who got hung up on Stalingrad, which had no resource benefit at all.......