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Relatively short question here.
Given that Case Blue would've failed to achieve its primary goal of capturing the oilfields of the Caucasus intact, what if the Wehrmacht instead put all their efforts into strangling the USSR of as many resources as possible; i.e. settling for simpler push toward the Volga in 1942 in conjunction with a renewed push by Army Group North on Leningrad on the way toward the Murmansk rail line.

If I understand correctly, holding Stalingrad would have effectively cut the flow of oil to Moscow via the Volga by a significant degree, and of course severing Murmansk would have cut Lend Lease by a significant margin, at least via Western routes.

Thoughts?
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