Aap Posted June 28, 2018 Posted June 28, 2018 How Hitler saved the Wehrmacht: 1. Halting assault towards Moscow when Germany had the initiative and weather was favorable - achieved victory of secondary importance in Kiev, while losing momentum and depleting the strength of Army Group Centre - losing favorable weather and ending up in muddy conditions - allowing Soviet Union to build defensive lines and getting reinforcements from far east - failing to cut off the most important logistical hub in Soviet Union, (in Russia "all roads lead to Moscow"), allowing Red Army to be easily supplied - (icing on the cake, declaring war on USA at the same time, to make sure that Russia never runs out of supplies and equipment) 2. Once the conditions for attacking/surrounding Moscow were clearly lost, still ordered an assault on Moscow - causing lots of losses to wehrmacht and equipment - sacking some of Germany's most capable generals, when they decided to save their armies from encirclement by retreating, against Hitler's orders 3. Epilogue - General Paulus decided to obey Hitler's "no retreat" order during Battle of Stalingrad, unlike von Bock and Guderian had done, losing entire Sixth Army and all hope of winning
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