RE: I knew Hitler was a back stabber but.
July 25, 2018 at 5:51 am
(This post was last modified: July 25, 2018 at 5:53 am by Gawdzilla Sama.)
(July 25, 2018 at 1:41 am)Minimalist Wrote: It cost them too much materiel to get close and by then General Zhukov was sent to take command and later a whole shitload of Russian reinforcements arrived from the far east. And then, towards the latter part of October, the weather began to turn.
Zhukov was in command of the Siberian units that were freed up when Sorge informed Stalin that the Japanese were opting for the "Southern strategy" rather than attacking eastern Russia. So him taking charge of the defense of Moscow and the (IRCC) 30 divisions of fresh troops was the same strategic move. He was one shrewd commander.
I heard a Russian say that "both sides had the same weather!" True, but the Germans didn't know to mix fuel in with their crankcase oil in the winter to make it usable. And the Germans didn't have winter uniforms to any useful extent.
(July 25, 2018 at 2:13 am)Mathilda Wrote:(July 24, 2018 at 7:13 pm)Brian37 Wrote: Ok, but considering how big the Russian/Soviet Union was regardless, Hitler was a self absorbed fuckface.
He had no choice. He needed the oil.
Stalin was providing him with oil and other strategic resources, including food, in the hope of avoiding an invasion. The German army also imported oil from Roumania. They commandeered, as I recall, 245 of the 258 river tankers in service at the time.
