Comments by "Aleksa Žunjić" (@aleksazunjic9672) on "WHY the Germans FAILED at Stalingrad? BATTLESTORM STALINGRAD E28" video.

Transportation was not the core problem, nor was "soldiers not paying for their bullets" . Germans already started feeling manpower shortage, especially as Soviets fully rebuilt their army at kept it at the level of 6-7 million people. In contrast, Germans only had around 2.5 million with maximum one million of unreliable Axis allies (Finns, Romanians, Hungarians, Italians, Croats etc ...) Therefore, Soviets could achieve local maximum at certain places and attack practically any time. Germans would need to weaken other sectors, and they could not afford to do that.
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Well, Soviet logistic was actually worse (they had food shortage even before the war, and now lost lot of arable land) . I guess by TIK logic, Soviets won because they were used to starve and Germans were not :D
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@Dave5843-d9m Well, TIK is wrong . Especially in wartime conditions, because everyone (including US) switched to command economy when war started. For example, cars were not produced for the duration of WW2. Rule of the thumb is that market economy brings better prosperity until it turns into monopolistic economy like US today. However, when you need to focus production single-mindedly on certain items, command economy is much better. For example, USSR, although poor and devastated by war, did manage to produce more AFV then Germany and even US (first industrial power at that time) .
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@AndreLuis-gw5ox TIK is pushing his political agenda. Truth is that Germans had more then enough coal even in 1945. Steel was somewhat problematic from 1944 onwards when Swedes stopped delivering iron ore, but Germans had their own mines. Germans actually produced more steel than Soviets throughout the war , although Soviets produced more AVF.
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@Edax_Royeaux Partially true, however German army did have enough uniforms simply because production of civilian clothes was slowed down and resources were brought from all across the Europe. Germans did not freeze in 1942 as they did in 1941 . Volksturm units did not have proper uniforms, but that came only later when situation became shambolic (1945) .
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@Edax_Royeaux Well ... no. Germany had ample coal and iron ore. They lacked oil and some rarer metals . For this reason they did not throttle down production but had to produce lower quality items. Although same thing happened to Soviets also .
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The reason why Germans had 110 "non-operational" tanks is because Germans counted every husk that was not completely burned down as "reparable", to convince themselves (and the world) they were destroying 10 Soviet tanks for each of their own. In reality , in 1942 ratio was maybe 2 or 3 :1 in German favor. Spare parts were not an issue, the issue is that you cannot make fresh tank out of scrap metal in field repair shop.
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@ShamanKish Factories won`t run without resources and there you go, vicious circle all over again :P
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@sorsocksfake Axis did have more population on their territory, but most of that population was not recruitable . Honestly, you would not expect from Wehrmacht to conscript let's say Poles to go fight against USSR. In reality, only German population was reliable enough and this is the reason why German forces on Eastern front could not get past roughly 2.5 million (slightly more then that at some moments, but not by much). As for other sectors, no, they were not getting reinforcements they needed (to completely replace losses) but they were getting more then Army Group B. Reason is simply priority. Army Group Center had huge battle of Rzhev, Army Group North had their own defensive and offensive troubles, Army Group A was main German effort for 1942. Army Group B was just protecting flank for Army Group A.
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@sorsocksfake Well, you can't :) If the people you want to recruit would take first opportunity to turn their weapons against you, or at least flee, then recruiting them is not possible. Having large population is advantageous, but if you need armed guards to constantly keep order among that population, that advantage turns into the weakness. On the other hand, USSR had even less spare people for agriculture, and starvation in Soviet Union during WW2 was real, even far from front lines. Lend Lease did not help, because Lend Lease was not about the food. Due to limited shipping capability it mostly consisted of weapons, vehicles, parts and similar technical stuff. Yet, despite all these hardships, majority of Soviet population supported Soviet war effort. Because they knew it was a fight for survival.
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@davidlindsey6111 Nope, quite the contrary, they were inferior to Soviet units even in 1941. Best example for that was siege of Odessa and later Sevastopol. Equipment wise, they were also inferior, especially concerning armor and anti-tanks weapons in general. They were not particularly overstretched, in fact usually Germans had to "give them some spine" by using some of their units with them. Poor logistic - I could agree with that, but it was a fact of life for everyone on Eastern Front , Axis or Allies. As for German offensive in 1942 towards south - huge topic. It should be noted that they had enormous success in 1941, with just one setback in the winter. When offensive started they also had enormous successes so they assumed they will win this time.
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@andrewallen9993 Axis had industrial resources of practically whole Europe. Also Land Lease started kicking in earnest only in second-half of 1943, and maxed out in 1944. In 1942 and Stalingrad it was less relevant.
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@sorsocksfake It is not communist, capitalist or national-socialist textbook, it is a simple truth. As you said yourself, French (in general) would not fight for the Germans, neither would Poles, Czech etc ... There were few nations that would (Finns, Romanians, Hungarians, Croats ... ) but their contributions was what it was. And as you said yourself, French (and others) were reluctant to work for the Germans, so somebody had to force them, which also requires troops even if not top quality. Net result : as USSR recovered from initial shock, their army became larger then German. Consequently, Germans lost initiative and Red Army started pushing them back. On the other hand, food situation in USSR was worse because Germans had better land and more people for agriculture. But in the end Soviet people somehow overcome these difficulties and won.
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@miketaylor5212 Nope. Food was miniscule part of Land Lease, often afterthought. For example, famous spam was not shipped separately, it was crammed into trucks, tanks, airplanes ... There was simply no shipping capacity to send food, more important items (weapons, fuel ...) got priority. For Soviet people WW2 was remembered as years of starvation, even far behind front lines.
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