Posted by Allen on 12/29/2002, 3:11 pm "The 90 Division Gamble"(by Maurice Matloff), chapter 15 of the book, Command Decisions, at - http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/70-7_0.htm states - "The Army had therefore to compete for manpower not only with the needs of the other services but also with the prior claims of industry. Cutting too deeply into the industrial manpower of the country in order to furnish men for the Army and Navy might interfere seriously with arming U.S. troops and those of the Allies for the successful conduct of the war. Furthermore, the United States was fighting a global conflict. To service its lines of communications extending around the world required large numbers of men, and great numbers of troops were constantly in transit to and from the theaters." So, I wonder, if the German offensive which began on June 28, 1942 directed at Stalingrad and the Caucasus, Operation Blue, had succeeded in occupying those places(oh, let's say by the end of September), would the U.S. have had to suspend offensive operations in the Pacific Theater until the final defeat of Germany? What other operational or strategic matters might have been effected? PS In case you didn't know, the Army maintains an online book file at - http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/online/Bookshelves/WW2-GEN.htm
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Here's another What If type question.
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