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Smolensk, 1941.

The first check on German Blitzkrieg. The hold-up was significant as it lead to:

1) Hitler kept going at Smolensk. Maybe something else should have been attempted as time was running low

2) Change in focus: Moscow or Ukraine/Donbas

3) Kiev, another "great victory" which took too many resources to conclude

The question is: Could Germany have done something different to not lose time at Smolensk?

AND: What would have been the outcome?

Ivan

Werth has a lot to say about Smolensk.
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