Comments by "Not Today" (@nottoday3817) on "Why didn't Hitler go through Turkey to get the Caucasus Oil?" video.

  1. Before watching the video, let me give a guess of 4-5 reasons why not to: 1. The Nazis (and their friends) wanted the lands in Ukraine, resources in Donbass AND the oil in Caucasus. So they would have had to invade Ukraine either way, but with a much smaller force. 2. Even if they went through Turkey, they would need the SOVIET oil in the caucasus (and the raffineries). So they would still have to declare war on USSR. This means that instead of fighting USSR alone, they would need to fight USSR AND Turkey. 3. If they went through Turkey, they would fight the Soviets mainly in the caucasus. This meant that Panzer operations were limited and so would air-combat. (Caucasus maximum height is above 5.000m which was quite a feat for airplanes of the time). Not to mention the whole front would have been much narrower. Overall, it would have been much more suitable for the Soviets which would also have the benefit of the Black Sea fleet. 4. Just have a moment to think about the map? The main German assault would be through Turkey, right? But Germany had a border with USSR. Soo, USSR would just sit and watch and then try to beat Germany back THROUGH TURKEY? Couldn't they use the favorable terrain to hold the Germans off in there and strike through their common border? or strike at Romania? 5. Going through Turkey would mean that they now had a land border with the Middle East colonies of the British Empire which meant UK could now join the fight as well. Naval Power, Aviation and Army. And would probably alert the soviets too, so the whole surprise element which made almost 50-60% of Barbarossa imho, would now be gone. And now that I think of it, they would also have even bigger problem with their poor logistics
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  2. Sorry, but where were those Paratroopers used with such an effect? I mean, Kings and Generals did a great video on Crete (you know the Miracle of German paratroopers) and the conclusion was that it was a success only because the Brits lost heart and fled from crucial positions, were defenseless and then gave up on the island completly. On the Allied side you had Market Garden and by that time the German army and air force was significantly weakened. Any paratroopers in the Soviet Union would be overwhelmed by tanks and airplanes since they would lack the combined arms that the Wermacht had.
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  3.  @danielkurtovic9099  Well, the problem was that at the time USSR was more concerned with a war against Japan (they've just finished one) and were still thinking that Germany would go either West or South (To fight Britain), since the campaign against Greece would show exactly that. Intel suggesting that they should move troops from a front under threat of Invasion (far East) to a front where a military build-up would possibly spring instant invasion (which they did not want at all costs) was really against all meters of reality. (And coming from a German in Japan even more)
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  4.  @danielkurtovic9099  I think I pretty much got the point the first time. I was saying why they were dismissing his reports.
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  5.  @rorke6092  Compared with what was before? it was pretty libertarian. Did he backtrack on his promises, yes. But progress was also made, especially in womens rights area for example
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