Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast Episode 194 - The Battle of Kursk Part 1: Hitler is Bad at His Job
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Feb 7, 2022 AI Snips
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Kursk: An Unglorious Battle
- Battle of Kursk is less known because it represents inglorious, brutal fighting with no clear victor.
- Unlike iconic battles, it was a costly struggle with immense human suffering, not a heroic triumph.
Barbarossa's Fatal Flaws
- German Operation Barbarossa failed due to overstretch and underestimation.
- Their initial goal to quickly defeat USSR failed, leading to prolonged attritional warfare.
Oil Fields Not a War Winner
- German plan to seize Caucasus oil fields was militarily insufficient to end Soviet war capacity.
- Allied supply lines and other Soviet oil sources mitigated German strategic gains from the plan.