The key historical milestones of Western decline. Which do you think is the most important?

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[–]casparvoneverecBig tiddy respecter[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Largely correct, its just that winning world war 2 was really difficult for Germany. I wish to make a post on what Germany should've done in hindsight, but to be short, Hitler should've declared total mobilization in 1940. The German army should've went South in 1941 instead of Moscow. They should never have invested Stalingrad and instead should've bypassed it, they should not have split army group in South in two during Case Blue in 1942, thus weakening the offensive towards both the Caucasus and Stalingrad.

[–]PeddaKondappa 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yeah, the biggest problem that Germany faced was a lack of oil. Securing the resources in the Caucasus could've enabled Germany to win in the long-term.

[–]casparvoneverecBig tiddy respecter[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Even destroying it would've been enough. It would've crippled Stalin's ability to continue the war, he himself admitted as much. Hitler could've gotten a favorable peace treaty with Russia in that scenario