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Comments by "Cary Black" (@caryblack5985) on "Was Reaching the Volga North of Stalingrad the WRONG move? BATTLESTORM STALINGRAD E12" video.
That was the original plan. The attack would be in stages but Hitler split the forces and the two army groups went in seperate directions which weakened both groups.
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Good questions. Yes they were myopic . Over and over again from Hitler, Halder, the Okh and the high command back in Germany, not at the front, the refrain was ":the Russianis finished", we are hurting but the Soviets are worse off. They might launch an attack but won't be successful. Also since are soldiers are so much superior to the Soviets we will always win. On top of that the German intelligence service and intelligence on the Eastern front was very poor and they did not seem to be able to get a real idea of the resources and manpower of the USSR.
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By the time the Nazis developed the V1 and V2 it was too late. Besides they did not have the range or the accuracy to do much damage to the Soviet army.
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One of the problems is that the Luftwaffe had to keep switching back and forth between Staliungrad and the Caucassus since they did niot have enough for both. For more info read Joel Hayward Stopped at Stalingrad The Luftwaffe and Hitler's Defeat in the East 1942-43
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