:: the outcome would have been different and that Germany might be ruling in Moscow today ::
That and that horrible decision to advance on Moscow in the winter.
> Moscow
Actually it was the decision NOT to advance on Moscow that cost the Germans. Instead Hitler went after Stalingrad.
Likely the outcome would have been the same. The Soviet reserves would have overwhelmed the Germans no matter where they were.
-SB
RE: Eastern front, WWII. I learned a bit ago the the Germans blew a silver platter panacea target over there, one that they considered and actually planned for and then stopped at a point, then later toyed with it again where it would just about a 1 way trip (but still would have been worth it).
There was a facility (or 2?) that generated about 80% of the Russians industrial electric output at the time, and it was built with components they couldn’t at the time duplicate but from scratch. I believe it was the turbine shafts that were the issue. One site had almost all the generators that had them, and had it been hit successfully it would have crippled their steel industry catastrophically.
It’s interesting, like the Japanese not following up and including oil storage at Pearl Harbor... Stuff that now days would be in our go-to target list...
I think it was Douglas MacArthur who said that there are only two rules of war:
1. Never invade Russia.
2. Never invade China.
To which I like to add the 3rd:
3. Don't F*** with the US Air Force.