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The thread D-Day at Calais and the book I am reading the Devils Virtuosos brought up the question for me of what the defenses in the West might have been like without the attack on Kursk. One of the main arguments made by the generals opposing Zitadelle other then it would be a failure according to the book was that it would 'considerably' effect defensive preparations in the West.





Lets say Hitler delays until Operation Husky and then decides against the attack on Kursk so Guderian and Rommel defacto win the argument and Germany goes defensive in the East. Lets even expand it so that Von Rundstedt is sent to Italy while Rommel given a few months head start in defenses of the so called Atlantic Wall.

It brings up questions such as if the WAllies even try for northern France first or go for southern France first. There is a lot the Western Allies still do, but I am not quite sure what exactly they would do or how prepared Germany would be come mid 1944 in the West.
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