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deltav · 04-30-2014, 09:37 AM

Okay, I'm a WWII buff and probably have read more than is healthy on the subject, just this month I've been refreshing my Eastern Front knowledge. I'll refrain from unleashing holy hell in this thread because I got work to do.

USA's Lend-Lease to the Russians was very very helpful. However, despite Germany's early successes in Barbarossa - mostly due to Russkies not being fully mobilized & equipped, and their leadership still suffering a hangover from the Great Purge - the Wehrmacht simply wasn't prepared for a drawn-out war of attrition against Russia. They didn't have the resources or the manpower, not even close. Once they failed to knock out Moscow quickly (had little to nothing to do with the West) it was probably game over sooner or later. It's even debatable whether Russia would have fallen if Moscow *was* taken.

By the time Operation Torch landed in Africa (to say nothing of D-Day the next year) the Germans were already fully on the defensive against the Russian juggernaut. And the scale of fighting in the East totally dwarfed the European theater.

The one big What If is that the USA gave Japan its hands full. If they'd looked westward to Russia instead of attacking Pearl Harbor, that would have been a totally different story. Russian intelligence knew ahead of time Japan had no interest in attacking them, that's why they were able to transfer the Siberian forces for a last minute defense of Moscow, which probably turned the tide there.

USA did help the Western Allies mightily however.

04-30-2014, 09:37 AM
deltav Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2010 Location: USA Posts: 1,243	Okay, I'm a WWII buff and probably have read more than is healthy on the subject, just this month I've been refreshing my Eastern Front knowledge. I'll refrain from unleashing holy hell in this thread because I got work to do. USA's Lend-Lease to the Russians was very very helpful. However, despite Germany's early successes in Barbarossa - mostly due to Russkies not being fully mobilized & equipped, and their leadership still suffering a hangover from the Great Purge - the Wehrmacht simply wasn't prepared for a drawn-out war of attrition against Russia. They didn't have the resources or the manpower, not even close. Once they failed to knock out Moscow quickly (had little to nothing to do with the West) it was probably game over sooner or later. It's even debatable whether Russia would have fallen if Moscow was taken. By the time Operation Torch landed in Africa (to say nothing of D-Day the next year) the Germans were already fully on the defensive against the Russian juggernaut. And the scale of fighting in the East totally dwarfed the European theater. The one big What If is that the USA gave Japan its hands full. If they'd looked westward to Russia instead of attacking Pearl Harbor, that would have been a totally different story. Russian intelligence knew ahead of time Japan had no interest in attacking them, that's why they were able to transfer the Siberian forces for a last minute defense of Moscow, which probably turned the tide there. USA did help the Western Allies mightily however. __________________ ********* DeltaofVenus.com - Vintage Erotica from the 1800s through 1979