at the start of the battle, the german OKH had two options. Both where considered. They had a very limited capacity to transport vital supplies to the front. They had enough to send the ammunition and fuel for a drive on Moscow without winter equipment. Or, they could send the winter equipment, fuel and ammunition that was needed for defensive operations. They chose to send ammunition and fuel, but no winter coats. This resulted in the disaster in front of Moscow, and the loss of a lot of the elite leadership of the german army. I believe the only reasonable choice would be to realize that the campaign could not be won in 41 and plan for a 42 campaign. Instead they decided to launch a battle with the potential to lose to war.
Palermo WWII
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I will be in Palermo for a week coming up here and I was curious if anybody had anything WWII related that I should see. I personally don’t know of anything big happening here that resulted in something I can visit but that doesn’t mean there isn’t something. If anybody has anything let me know. Thanks for any info people can provide!
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I’m not sure if you mean the Palermo in Italy or one of the towns elsewhere with the same name, but at any rate you could look at Wikipedia’s “List of Museum Ships” page. It can be sorted by any of its columns, including the one for the country where the ship is located, and Italy has 8 entries.
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Good to know. Thank you. And I did mean Palermo Italy.
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