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Good Generals who still failed to grasp that logistics is a thing
2. Because driving 57 divisions who's supply would come from a single bad road that was flanked by 600 000 enemy soldiers would totally have been a possibility? That's Sea Lion level of idiotic planning
Diverting forces to spread secure your flank and secure additional routes for your supplies is apparently a bad thing.
Everyone knows its a perfectly sound military strategy to leave 600 000 enemy troops unchecked in your flank.
3. The siege of Leningrad started on the 8th of September, Kharkov was reached on the 20th of October, and taken on the 24th.
4. Yes the Rasputitsa that comes every year is completely possible to miss, russia is also very known for its mild winters.
For someone who has read a lot for over 20 years you kinda fall into the regular mythology that was written up by disgruntled German generals in their autobiographies.
Driving on Moscow immediatly after Smolensk is simply not possible. Center is too worn out and its armor needs refitting, what would already become a logistical nightmare wouldn't have become any easier removing basically all routes of supply except one. And leaving said route exposed to flanking attacks!
Are we talking about the same bright officer corps who seriously considered shipping forces over the English Channel in River barges that would tip over if a destroyer caused a big enough swell? And who's logistical plan for that operation was "just leave it at the beach lulz"?