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World War II After the German army failed in Moscow Battle, why did they still launch the Stalingrad Battle? September 30, 1941: World War II : Moscow Defense Battle began.
Germany Central Army Group failed in the Battle of Moscow, with great casualties, and was temporarily unable to attack in full swing.
German Northern Army Group was dragged down by nearly one million troops of the Soviet army in Leningrad and could not fight.
Compared with that, the Southern Army Group has few casualties, and it has a series of consecutive victories, and it still has strong attack power.
Hitler believes that the Soviet army on the northern and central fronts have gained a foothold, concentrated millions of troops, and relied on complex fortifications to conduct defensive operations.
In this case, it is not rational for the German army to attack in an all-round way.
Hitler always believed that it didn’t matter whether to occupy Moscow. The key was to annihilate the main force of the Soviet army, or destroy the Soviet army’s war resources.
Currently, the Soviet Union still controls tens of millions of people, and the military factories of Siberia produce weapons in large quantities with amazing output.
The German army could not think of a solution, and they would inevitably be dragged into a protracted war. Germany has limited resources, and there is also a threat from Britain on the Western Front. It is absolutely impossible to fight for a long time, otherwise it will definitely be defeated.
Hitler thought of the most effective way: to capture the Caucasus oil field.
All the oil in the Soviet Union came from the oil fields of the Caucasus , and oil is the blood of war.
If the German army could occupy the Caucasus in one fell swoop, the Soviet Union's oil resources would be exhausted and the Soviet army would be defeated without fighting.
It is not easy to occupy Caucasus . This is a complex mountainous area, and it is absolutely easy to defend and difficult to attack.
If you want to occupy the Caucasus region, you must first occupy the strategic important town Stalingrad . This is the third largest railway hub in Russia and an important hub for Volga River water transportation.
Must control the hub of Stalingrad to ensure the safety of the flanks of the attacking Caucasian forces.
The senior Soviet army leaders understood this truth and made up their minds to defend Stalingrad.
As long as Stalingrad is in the hands of the Soviet army, the German army cannot occupy the Caucasus region.
In 1942, the German Army A Group carried out the mouse operation to concentrate its forces to capture the oil fields in the Caucasus.
Soviet army fought to the death with North Caucasus Front and Transcaucasus Front .
Unexpectedly, due to the unfavorable battle against the German army in Stalingrad, Hitler will reinforce the German army in the Caucasus offensive. The fierce battle was until September, and the German army, which was underpowered, was stopped in , Chechnya, and could not advance at all.
At this time, the German army was one step away from the oil field of Grozny.
The German attack caused the Soviet army to be forced to destroy some oil fields without cutting off the source of the Soviet army's oil.
via Caspian . The Soviet Union transported the oil from Baku, Azerbaijan continuously to Central Asia, and then to Moscow and Siberia by rail.
Until the end of the war, the Soviet Union's oil supply was sufficient.
Objectively speaking, Hitler's decision cannot be said to be wrong, while the German Supreme Command requested to continue attacking Moscow!
Even Stalingrad can't beat, let alone Moscow.
From the perspective of hindsight, whether the German army fought Moscow or Stalingrad, this war of attrition and urban attacks were wrong.
The German army would rather fight a model similar to Kharkov counterattack and release the Soviet army than fight like this.
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