Could the germans have won the war in the east if Hitler wasn't so obsessed with taking Stalingrad.?

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ww 2

Answer 1

No. The East War was doomed from the begining.
The take of Stalingrad, even that was obssesive to Hitler, was crucial in his strategic advance to the oil fields of URSS ( the Blue Plan).
"The capture of Stalingrad was important to Hitler for several reasons. It was a major industrial city on the banks of the river Volga (a vital transport route between the Caspian Sea and northern Russia). Its capture would secure the left flank of the German armies as they advanced into the Caucasus. Finally, the fact that the city bore the name of Hitler's nemesis, Joseph Stalin, would make the city's capture an ideological and propaganda coup."(Wikipedia)
The Blaue (blue) Plan, started succesful, was to arrive to oil fields; however the imense distances of Russia steppes defeated the German army with too too long lines of supply.
Also the Soviet Army was ready to destroy those fields in the old Russian tradition before invaders. And to fight as partisans behind the lines.
More than this; see the historic moment; we are after Pearl Harbour; USA started his huge war machine against Hitler; a victory in East may give to Germany another year but no more. Another year, another winter.
"The Germans stabilized their front by spring 1942. Plans to launch another offensive against Moscow were discarded however, as Army Group Centre had been too heavily weakened. Part of the German military philosophy was to attack where least expected, so that rapid gains could be made. An attack on Moscow was seen as too predictable by some, most notably Hitler. Along with this, the German high command knew that time was running out for them, as the United States had entered WWII following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Hitler wanted to end the fighting on the Eastern Front or at least minimize it before the US had a chance to get deeply involved in the war in Europe.

For all of these reasons, new offensives in the north and south were considered. A drive into the southern USSR would secure control of the oil-rich Caucasus, as well as the Volga River, a backbone of Soviet transportation from Central Asia. A German victory in the southern Soviet Union would severely damage Stalin's war machine and the Soviet economy. Germany also desired the agricultural production of this area."(wikipedia)
As you see , Stalingrad was an essential gain in this strategy.

Answer 2

No the war may have lasted longer, but the industrial might of both Russia and the USA would have overwhelmed Germany in the end, the us was still the first country to come up with the atomic bomb, The Germans who pioneered the idea of an a bomb actually gave up on it as the hierarchy was told it was too expensive and unlikely to yield any results, so even if they had more of a stronghold The delivery of the abomb to japan would definitely been a compelling argument to the Germans to end the war, failing that I'm sure an abomb dropped over Germany would have been a little more persuasive.

Answer 3

I find it unlikely. Even if they did win the war, I don't think the party would have lasted long. I mean, look at all the empires that have actually stood the "test of time" for some amount of time. Greeks, Ottomans, Romans, even Egyptians.... they all fell. I think Hitler's "empire" was very poorly founded and would not have lasted.
What I'm getting at is sure, they might have been able to win the war (if the United States didn't step in any more than they did) but what would it have mattered in the end?

Answer 4

No I dont think so. The main problem for Germany was over extended supply routes, the further they went the longer were the routes back to Germany.
Also the vast supply of Russian manpower would have eventually bled the Germans dry.
The war may have lasted longer but eventually the same results. Except maybe the US and Britain may have captured Berlin

Answer 5

Yes. The main problem was that he invaded Russia period before even finishing his war in the West. He had yet to defeat Britian, after all. And, he had many of his forces stretched out in all over Europe. If he had not invaded Russia, he would have probably won.

Answer 6

Yes, the Germans could have won...if only Hitler listened his general
He failed because Germans fought on 2 fronts....

Answer 7

Definitely.

Answer 8

i didn´t think that this is important, cause it is good, that germany lost the war.
they have problems with their reinforcements, so they lost the war with or without Stalingrad.

Answer 9

Only if he stopped micro managing the war.

Answer 10

Yes, for sure