Comments by "Julian The Apostate" (@juliantheapostate8295) on "What if the Nazis won World War 2?" video.

Germany's synthetic oil was nowhere near enough to supply the Heer let alone the Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine adequately. Even with Romanian oil, the German army was going to grind to a halt before 1943. The invasion of the Caucasus was essential, and in fact it was Hitler's intention in 1941. It was Franz Halder who concentrated the thrust to the strategically insignificant Moscow. Hitler was furious, and it fuelled his distrust of the generals. Halder was eventually replaced by Kurt Zeitzler Also, US ships were openly firing on German ones, so the US was already de facto at war with Germany. Hitler believed he was formalising matters with his declaration and would probably have done so without the attack on Pearl Harbour.
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Exactly. Fall Blau was a good plan originally. The mistake was trying to hold Voronezh, and take Stalingrad and Maikop and Grozy all at the same time, thus dividing the Army Group
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@OkurkaBinLadin you're correct. He's miles off. He's the one that comes off as a Quorum pundit
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@aerohydra3849 Von Bock and Paulus also failed to pull off big encirclements like in 41. The Soviets kept slipping from their grasp. The main cause was the Panzer and motorised (Panzer Grenadiers) having to stop so often due to lack of fuel. They flanked the Soviets, but couldn't tighten the net
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@Boost400 Nazi Germany was China's ally in the 30's. They had hundreds of thousands of Stahlhelms, and General Falkenhaym as an adviser
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@cplhotpockets No, they were localised offensives compared to Barbarossa and Blau. You need to read more
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'If I do not get the oil of Maikop and Grozny, I must end the war' Adolf Hitler It absolutely was a rush for oil. It was the critical resource. Lack of oil also exacerbated the food crisis (fewer tractors and transport trucks) Growing food is pointless if it can't be transported
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Without lend lease the USSR would have been beaten
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