Comments by "Harry Mills" (@harrymills2770) on "Did the Russian Winter beat the Germans? And more... TIK Q&A 2" video.

  1. I didn't ask you a question, but you destroyed one of my comments about Moscow being a rail hub and how its capture (I speculated) might swing the balance for the Germans. I don't think I ever seriously believed that it would be decisive, because - as you say - behind every defeated Soviet Army is another Soviet Army, bigger and stronger than the one before it. The Germans couldn't even get TO the Urals, let alone take on the whoop-ass already there, and growing. I was brought up on Guderian, basically believing that the crucial mistake was wasting time investing Minsk, when they should've bypassed it. But I don't think bypassing Minsk changes the fundamental equation. They still grind to a halt by or before Moscow, and from then on, it's just a matter of how fast they can bring their Guard units West over the Urals. The war ends sooner, if they're quicker. It takes a little longer if they're slower.
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