1950 conquest

personal thoughts: the caucasus wasnt much of an issue of flanks. In fact the germans did consider it to an extent where von Kleist had to fall back because of it (impossible to reinforce cuz of shortages), and it was more of stubborn resistance in the cities and objectives in the area that made each pincer or maneouvre harder or more dangerous for the Germans. Leningrad did not receive much supplies, so the supply line from Moscow was nowhere near significant as compared to air supply (transports from lake lagoda only had small amounts of fuel and food, little to no arms & ammunition. Stalingrad can be seen with this analogy: a water filter. The particles get less and less dense at the end of the filter, and similarly the Germans were already overconfident of taking Stalingrad where there just wasnt enough dedication to the operation. Meanwhile, the same cannot be said for the soviets. It is commonly argued that material inadequacy (not to be confused with mother nature that stems from luck) and strategical defects led to german defeat in various areas. And german rearmament was pathetic. Many of their actual motorized panzer units were recommissioned from the enemy.