Originally Posted by the_13th_redneck

Doppleganger, basically you're saying let's assume no part of the German plan went wrong and every part of the Russian plan went wrong.

"Now imagine a German Army that had not suffered the losses of the Moscow counter-offensive and wholly better supplied and much better equipped and it could be a disaster that the Soviets could not recover from."

More wishful thinking don't you think? If it wasn't Moscow, it very well could have been somewhere else. Then there was Stalingrad as well. With the supply lines they had it was practically impossible that they not have the supply problems they had.

As for Stalin concerned about world opinion, he'd be concerned about it in regards of whether or not he'd be up against a force too great for him to stop. Stalin for all his trechery was a far more practical thinker than Hitler ever was. Like Supostat said, I don't think he would have wanted a scenario where Russia would have to fight the whole world.