Comments by "Aleksa Žunjić" (@aleksazunjic9672) on "The Soviet Tormosin Offensive | BATTLESTORM STALINGRAD E42" video.

There were not that many tankers ( max 5 people for a tank, and there were few hundred tanks) . There could be some mechanics from tank shops, but again not so many. Most were likely logistic personnel : drivers, cooks, and especially those tending to horses which were now mostly gone.
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Neither Germans or Soviets had difficulty flying (on clear days) . What was difficult was taking off and landing with heavily loaded planes on runways that were increasingly damaged as siege continued. And doing that hundreds of times per day, as required by army needs.
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If they did not liquidate the pocket they would have to divert troops to keep it contained, which historically did happen. Also, many Soviet civilians and POWs died in the pocket without food. Apparently, in later stages Germans resorted to cannibalism and did eat some of them. Quicker collapse of pocket would have helped to save more lives.
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They did, but they were of poor quality so often aircrews removed them as unnecessary burden . Also, in 1941 many Soviet planes were equipped only with receivers, commanders having the transmitters.
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Without oil whole German army and state would die, as historically did happen. Also, it was not possible to move Army Group A magically from Caucasus in such short time.
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Theoretically yes (army Group Don) . Little Saturn was actually the offensive that broke Axis back, and effectively decided the war. Little known fact but true.
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@Raskolnikov70 That would depend on scale of that failure. If Little Saturn had failed it is conceivable that Germans would use their main reinforcement (2nd SS Panzer Corps) to try the stabilize the line east of Rostov, and keep Army Group A partially in Caucasus. During the spring thaw front line would be much more to the east than it was historically.
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@Raskolnikov70 Historically speaking, Germans were not that weak in early 1943. They did have enough strength for one more major offensive (Kursk) and Soviets were forced to wait for that offensive in order to launch some of their own. In our scenario Germans would have one more chance to attack somewhere in the South, plus they would have kept lot of resources they were forced to abandon with general retreat of 1942. It is not just oil, but also grain and manpower. Soviets were in dire situation in late 1942 because they already lost most populous regions of the country, so recruitment potential was dwindling. In our scenario Germans would kept whole of Ukraine and parts of southern Russia one more year (one more harvest season) and this could be disastrous for USSR.
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