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To: miserare

Stalingrad was to have been a symbolic and strategic victory for Hitler. That didn’t work out for him.


39 posted on 02/24/2022 1:36:53 PM PST by CodeJockey (If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes journalism. )
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To: CodeJockey

The best laid plans of mice and men...


44 posted on 02/24/2022 1:39:27 PM PST by miserare ( Respect for life--life of all kinds-- is the first principle of civilization.~~A. Schweitzer.)
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To: CodeJockey
Stalingrad was to have been a symbolic and strategic victory for Hitler. That didn’t work out for him.

Not symbolic, but certainly strategic. The city was vital.

Hitler, wiser than his generals, sought control of the Volga River and the Caucusus.

FReepers must recall that he couldn't get so much as a thimble of oil over the Atlantic. The oil of Ploesti wasn't anywhere near enough to support the war.

Once Germany lost the Battle of Britain and gave up Seelowe, Hitler *had* to go east and at least try to seize the oil of Maikop and Grozny. He was obliged to launch Barbarossa with mere months of supply.

Stalingrad was a vital part of the plan. However - trying to occupy the city was probably a mistake: Hitler might have been better advised to position guns south of the city to stop tankers from traversing the Volga.

142 posted on 02/25/2022 6:56:52 AM PST by agere_contra
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