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Owen · 01-01-2007, 04:34 PM

Just been reading about this in War of The Century by Laurence Rees.

He says what I did.
It was right to protect flanks and there was every possiblity of the armoured thrust to Moscow being cut off by the troops on their flanks and then there would have been a large pocket of Germans surrounded in or near the Soviet capital.
He agrees Hilter was correct to make them turn away from Moscow.

I believe the destruction of the Red Army was more important than taking ground.

01-01-2007, 04:34 PM	#7 (permalink)
Owen Top Moose Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Under the stairs Posts: 9,315	Just been reading about this in War of The Century by Laurence Rees. He says what I did. It was right to protect flanks and there was every possiblity of the armoured thrust to Moscow being cut off by the troops on their flanks and then there would have been a large pocket of Germans surrounded in or near the Soviet capital. He agrees Hilter was correct to make them turn away from Moscow. I believe the destruction of the Red Army was more important than taking ground. Last edited by Owen; 01-01-2007 at 04:37 PM.