April 1944, according to Halder and before you dismiss him as a deranged lunatic bear in mind that he is the guy who edited the history of the Eastern front fist published in English and which has influenced all history since then and can be just as deluded about the prospects for success at any other date.
Of the consequences of German Actions in the occupied areas. In fact that particular source is a musing on psychology not economics, the main book not so much.
I presume what you mean is if Blue was successful and the Caucusus oilfields taken, and the offensive by Don, Southwestern and Stalingrand Fronts beaten back the Soviets would have been worse off, yeah fine,
How you going to do that then?
The part missing in your post is the one in which you acknowledge that the source you quoted actually doesn't say anything about the importance of the Soviet military success in the fall of 1942, or about the importance for the economy of regaining ground.
Of the consequences of German Actions in the occupied areas. In fact that particular source is a musing on psychology not economics, the main book not so much.
Are you actually going to claim that if the front lines remained static through Spring 1943 that the Soviet economy would have been just fine sans the millions of workers it recovered and millions of new men it could recruit for the military...or the arable land and raw material deposits in those territories?
I presume what you mean is if Blue was successful and the Caucusus oilfields taken, and the offensive by Don, Southwestern and Stalingrand Fronts beaten back the Soviets would have been worse off, yeah fine,
How you going to do that then?