Board Thread:Timeline Discussions/@comment-7559950-20130911012534/@comment-7431988-20140628170122

The Germans did not have the resources to deal with the Western Allies and the USSR. Had they not invaded Russia, only the Anti-Russian SSRs, they could have survived Russia, but not without further compromising the Atlantic Wall, to the point that the Allies would even have been able to invade via towns, such as Calais, making the early Allied Assault easier. The Western Front would then draw German Forces, allowing the Russians to break through, and the Germans fall.