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Originally Posted by MontyB But lets face it the impact is an unknown to both sides as the capture of Moscow may well have led to a Stalingrad only a year earlier. |
The main question for me is whether the Germans could hold Moscow if they had captured it so a 'Stalingrad' scenario is one possible outcome.
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Originally Posted by MontyB Hard to say but had they had the extra 6 weeks that were wasted bailing the Italians out in the Balkans it may have made the plan a possibility. |
IMO they would have needed at least an extra 2-3 months of good weather in order to capture and secure Baku. If you're not exactly sure where they are the following map will show how deep into Soviet territory they were. Nowadays they are located in Azerbaijan.
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=baku+oil+fields&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-GBfficial&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=N&tab=wl