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To: Still Rolling who wrote (191729)	7/15/2006 1:04:58 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

By December 1941, when Germany had already lost half a million men in their futile attempt to take Moscow, the war was lost for them. Some military analysts assert that Moscow was the key battle, but I think the Germans REALLY lost at Staligrad. Had they captured Stalingrad and cut the lines of communication and oil pipelines from the Cacausus oil fields, the war would likely have been just about ended for the Russians. Moscow would have been relatively easy pickings for the Germans then, IMO. The entire battle of Stalingrad was ill-conceived. They went plowing head-long into the city hoping to divide it and drive to the Volga, instead of crossing the Volga and encircling the city and cutting its lines of supplies. But once committed, they couldn't encircle and it became a bloody battle of attrition until the time came when the Russians were the ones who encircles the Germans. The strength of the German army was always maneuver. It was not house to house battling in a large city. Just my opinion on the subject. Hawk