no

Germany only needed the Ukraine and the Caucasus

not even romanian oil and sythiteic oil could cover germany's need

that was the whole point

but nooo

muuuhhh moskau

muhh leningrad

moscow was a symbolic gesture
they were fucked over by finns during the siege of leningrad

yeah and

they could never have won stalingrad since the reserves from siberia arrived just in time

useless waste of quality men

even in 41

they should have just gone all in the south

this might be just me, but i get the impression germany never wanted a war with western allies, they wanted a fair 1v1 fight vs soviet union to get their resources, the only problem in that was poland which was a protectorate of Uk/france, and germany already pissed them of with annexation of autria/czechoslovakia

poland was a proverbial red line

they wanted a war with Frenchie

the rest no

doubtfull, germany could win a 1v1 war with every countrry in europe at that time, but they knew britbongs would get involved if they attacked frenchies

yeah

but no modern war is a fair 1v1

Moscow was important to knock out because of the Russian rail network

germany tried every trick in the book to force Uk to sign an armistance
by bombing them into submission,having a U boat campaign and by actively trying to force them to negotiating table

yeah

after the South

reminder

13 peace offers

all of them rejected

Uk knew if they hold out long enough the yanks would get involved and the war is won at that point

before the bombing

the

eternal

Anglo

the britbongs knew that if the germs defeat the soviets they would essentially control the entire european continent.

something no other power could accomplish in history

yeah

basically the same as ww1

muh balance of puwah

Ironically it was the British blockade in WW1 which lead the birth of the Lebensraum idea.

yes and no

there were ideas of lebensraum before ww1

but yes it picked up after ww1