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Post #46,846 by Arkadiy 7/25/02 1:22:27 PM Reply	I don't think so. First, I believe Stalin was preempted by a few weeks. If Hitler had waited a month more, it would have been a Russian blitzkrieg all the way to France. The maps of Germany were already delivered to the troops, not quite distributed tohough. Second, Germans went after Moscow with full force in 1941, and then after Stalin City, with full force, in 1942. In both cases, they were fended off, just barely. Going after Stalingrad made more sence than simple propaganda: it was on the way to Caspian Sea, Russia's only oil source back then (Siberia oil was not developed yet). As to heavy industry - total agreement. By mid-42, it was already at Urals, quite out of reach of Germans. (BTW, I checked the range of American bombers at the end of the war... America _could_ thrash all those plants behind Ural Mountains, at least theoretically, flying from England. That would be something to see.)
Post #46,863 by boxley 7/25/02 3:18:16 PM Reply	Stalingrad Could have been bypassed and mopped up later at lesure. Surround, block the river and keep reinforcements out. It was only the insistance of hitler to "take" the city and stalins order to kruschev not to allow it to be taken that was the downfall of the wermacht and signalled the end of the war for germany. thanx, bill ."Once, in the wilds of Afghanistan, I had to subsist on food and water for several weeks." W.C. Fields
Post #46,876 by Arkadiy 7/25/02 4:33:30 PM Reply	Here, you may be right.

Put that in your pipe and smoke it - (boxley) - (19) - July 22, 2002, 11:54:02 AM EDT

Not quite - (orion) - July 22, 2002, 12:53:51 PM EDT

I hate stuff like that - (tuberculosis) - (17) - July 22, 2002, 05:10:23 PM EDT

Who said that that was written by a 'librul'? -NT - (jb4) - (16) - July 22, 2002, 06:12:20 PM EDT

Just a guess - (tuberculosis) - (15) - July 23, 2002, 03:09:03 AM EDT

Hate places where half the crowd puffs up - (wharris2) - (13) - July 23, 2002, 11:25:49 AM EDT

So you hate France? - (tuberculosis) - (11) - July 23, 2002, 05:17:24 PM EDT

Re: So you hate France? - (wharris2) - (10) - July 23, 2002, 10:00:52 PM EDT

Complex - (tuberculosis) - July 24, 2002, 04:36:54 AM EDT

Re: So you hate France? - (deSitter) - July 24, 2002, 11:15:40 AM EDT

WW2. - (pwhysall) - (7) - July 24, 2002, 01:57:25 PM EDT

Russia lost 20 millions - (Arkadiy) - (6) - July 24, 2002, 02:12:51 PM EDT

No doubt. - (pwhysall) - (5) - July 24, 2002, 02:44:40 PM EDT

Higher prices - (wharris2) - (4) - July 24, 2002, 09:50:15 PM EDT

Eh? Where did you study history? - (boxley) - (3) - July 25, 2002, 10:42:12 AM EDT

I don't think so. - (Arkadiy) - (2) - July 25, 2002, 01:22:27 PM EDT

Stalingrad - (boxley) - (1) - July 25, 2002, 03:18:16 PM EDT

Here, you may be right. -NT - (Arkadiy) - July 25, 2002, 04:33:30 PM EDT

Oh, I do... - (jb4) - July 25, 2002, 08:59:33 AM EDT

How did you know they weren't a moderate? - (orion) - July 23, 2002, 12:26:56 PM EDT

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