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Originally Posted by perseus If b) perhaps the most sensible policy should have been to concentrate the Blitzkrieg or bombing in the North, not to the oilfields or main cities. |
Well they should have made a more serious effort to capture Arkhangelsk and Murmansk. There was a joint German-Finnish venture called Operation Silver Fox that was designed to capture Murmansk and the Karelian railway line but it was beaten back by the Soviets. Had the Germans been aware of just how vital the supplies coming through both ports were I think it's a certainty that they would have devoted far more resources to capturing both cities. But then hindsight is a wonderful thing.
Denying either or both ports to the Allies would have had dire consequences for the 2nd World War.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Silver_Fox