The Germans focused too much on the city of Stalingrad when they should have focused on the oil fields.Stalingrad was important for the security of the German left flank due to the nature of the terrain holding that bend in the river was critical as can be seen by the fact that they began withdrawing Army Group A from the Caucasus the second Army Group B failed.
Do you think the Russian knowledge about the German intentions at Kursk had a significant importance for the German failure of Citadel?
Obviously, it was but given the concentration of Russian forces I find it inconceivable that the Germans did not twig to the Russian plan, the Luftwaffe claimed to have covered every inch of the battlefield prior to the assault I find it hard to believe they missed all the preparations.
The Germans focused too much on the city of Stalingrad when they should have focused on the oil fields.Stalingrad was important for the security of the German left flank due to the nature of the terrain holding that bend in the river was critical as can be seen by the fact that they began withdrawing Army Group A from the Caucasus the second Army Group B failed.
Obviously, it was but given the concentration of Russian forces I find it inconceivable that the Germans did not twig to the Russian plan, the Luftwaffe claimed to have covered every inch of the battlefield prior to the assault I find it hard to believe they missed all the preparations.
Can the Germans have overestimated the quality of their new vehicles? Hitler postponed the attack to get more of the latest tanks before the launch of their offensive
The Germans focused too much on the city of Stalingrad when they should have focused on the oil fields.
Can the Germans have overestimated the quality of their new vehicles? Hitler postponed the attack to get more of the latest tanks before the launch of their offensive
I have no doubt they did overestimate their abilities and underestimate the Russians but even so, it was never in the German doctrine to go charging into strongpoints.
They had gone as far as they did by bypassing and isolating strong points, for some reason at Kursk they abandoned that and decided to revisit WW1.
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