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I'm reading "From Defeat to Victory" about the Soviet 1944 offensives and in the section titled "German strategic mistakes" the author mentions several times the failure to target Moscow in 1941 and 1942. Though he acknowledges that prioritizing Moscow in either year would face major challenges, in his view it would have been the only way to defeat the USSR.
However in 1942 the Soviets had major forces concentrated around Moscow and were hammering the Rzhev salient with superior forces. Had the Germans attacked Moscow in 1942 how bloody would it have been and how much of a chance was there to actually succeed? For the sake of argument let's assume that it takes place after Sevastopol falls and 11th army is transferred north to take part in operations against Moscow.