what if........Hitler captured Moscow???

I think the psycholigical impact of Moscow being taken may have been more important than the tactical advantages. I also think if the Germans had taken Moscow and secured their flanks it would have taken a hell of a lot to get them out of there.

 

That's the beauty with ifs, you can postulate anything. The old saying "the sky's the limit" is not even true, you can if away a German moon base if you feel like.

 

Another question should be, " IF " the Germans did capture Russia's best and most heavily defended city, how many casualties might they have suffered?

I agree with Za as well, if the Germans managed to capture Moscow, they would have never been able to hold on to it.

 

My challenge to all and sundry, if Moscow had fallen and that also Leningrad and Stalingrad had also fallen to the Germans then which city would take up the mantle of the Soviet capital that is just as vital as Moscow in regards as to the Military, economical, communications, transport and polital heartland i would be very interested in what you guys have to say on that.

 

Perm is just one. This was and still is military town.... Not so much today as it was in ww2 and the cold war.

During ww2 it was the main producer of fighter planes.

 

Well, Za, I guess it´s always just how you like to look at it.

I think this does explain why the frontline got so puzzle-like as the Germans were holding onto some very important roads to the extreme and then again, this in my opinion explains better why the Red Army did not crash the the AGC during the winter. the Germans were in no real position to attack on a larger scale but then again the Red Army could nto unleash all its power because it was left without the supply it needed to carry on the attack.

Later on during the war the Red Army was better prepared for longer periods of attack but during the first winter the methods were still rather fetching, which is no surprise.