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Originally Posted by MontyB Its a good question and I have certainly seen nothing that would have indicated that had Moscow fallen the Russia would have thrown in the towel.
My opinion is that had they concentrated on on the oilfields right from the start and captured those it would have made the Russian position during the winter of 1941-42 untenable, however this would have meant that the main thrust of Barbarossa would have to have been south of the Pripyat marshes with AGC hooking north through Kursk-Orel toward Moscow and AGS heading straight at the Caspian sea with the bulk of the armour. |
Agreed, political infrastructure had a plan in place to evacuate Moscow and continue the struggle at a safer distance, taking the oil fields would of placed the red army in a choke hold for offensive operations. The terrian was just to vast for a army the size Germany was fielding to take and hold. Not having a long range bomber capability also contributed to their demise.