User blog comment:Saturn120/Alternate Axis Changes/@comment-4621372-20140414001422/@comment-4621372-20140414204042

Spar, no. Not even kind of. Stalingrad would have had damn near the same effect- it was named after the man. Moscow had no geographical or military implications, just morale ones, and the fall of Stalingrad would have seen to those in any case.

Local, but after Stalin, since he got rid of everyone who could replace him without question, there is the distinct possibilty of a civil war. Military might win eventually- but by then, Hitler would have a perfect position.