02-25-2017, 01:17 PM
Other than France, none of those places you mentioned were separate countries at the time, and the analysis reflects this. Germany alone was the bulk of European industrial capacity at the time, and it stripped the rest of the Continent of resources and men in order to supply its war-machine. And yet, it still failed to reach the AA-line, or take Moscow or St. Petersburg. The USSR outproduced it in key indices (steel, oil, airplanes, tanks, etc.) before the war even began, and much of its industrial capacity had been moved over the Urals previously.
Quoting PBS shows on "wonder weapons" reflects people's ignorance of what industrial war actually entails. Germany simply didn't have the resources to defeat the Soviet Union. Or the United States for that matter, over whom the Germans had similar operational and technological advantages.
Quoting PBS shows on "wonder weapons" reflects people's ignorance of what industrial war actually entails. Germany simply didn't have the resources to defeat the Soviet Union. Or the United States for that matter, over whom the Germans had similar operational and technological advantages.