"German strategy regarding the maritime flanks of the USSR" Topic
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| Tango01 | 09 Mar 2023 8:41 p.m. PST |
Interesting thread… "A general question regarding German strategy regarding the maritime flanks of the USSR, in 1941 in support of the initial invasion and/or in 1942 in support of the (various) offensives, planned and actual.
Historically, the Germans had spent a fair amount of the third quarter of 1940 trying to put together an effective doctrine, shipping, and equipment for the amphibious operations that would have been the foundation of any attempted invasion of the UK in 1940; obviously, they failed and that strategic option was taken entirely out of the realm of possibilities because of British resistance in the third and fourth quarters of 1940.
However, did any of the planning, concepts, or shipping and amphibious equipment that was assembled (more or less) in 1940 become part of the German strategy against the USSR, either in the initial invasion in 1941 or for consideration as an element of the various strategies considered in 1942?…" More here
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| Grelber | 10 Mar 2023 9:40 a.m. PST |
Some interesting thoughts here. A few are relevant to the current conflict in Ukraine, too. Grelber |
| Tango01 | 10 Mar 2023 3:08 p.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed it…
Armand
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Frederick  | 10 Mar 2023 6:42 p.m. PST |
One area where the Germans should have had a better maritime strategy was to disrupt/stop Lend-Lease via the Arctic route – the Pacific and Persian options were much more difficult and Lend Lease was essential to keeping the Soviet Union in the war |
| AndreasB | 11 Mar 2023 12:54 a.m. PST |
The German strategy was to defeat the Soviet Union by autumn 1941. Thus there was no need for a strategy to deal with lend lease, as there would be no lend lease. When it became apparent that this hadn't worked, they no longer had the resources to deal with it, as the German war turned into a Peter being robbed to pay Paul military Ponzi scheme. The Luftwaffe could not support the Mediterranean, the Ostfront, the West, and the Polar North at the same time. It didn't have the planes, pilots, fuel or indeed anything else needed for the task in sufficient numbers. All the best Andreas |
| Tango01 | 11 Mar 2023 3:37 p.m. PST |
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| Blutarski | 03 Apr 2023 4:27 p.m. PST |
Germany (both the KM and the LW) was active in the Black Sea as well, particularly during Manstein's siege and capture of the Crimean peninsula and the fortress port of Sevastopol. B |
| Tango01 | 03 Apr 2023 4:57 p.m. PST |
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