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

Ok, so I think we can all agree that most of the above wouldn't really make a whit of difference, even if it could occur.

However, here's my question: When Hitler attacked the USSR, was it so stupid?

Point One: Stalin was planning to attack Hitler at some point. This is a fact. By surprising Stalin so suddenly, the Germans smashed through half of inhabited Russia (Siberia doesn't count, lol), before the inevitable Russian numbers and Russian winter hit them for six.

Point Two: While RUSSIA, as a state, could without doubt survive the fall of Moscow- could Stalin? I think not. A Russian mutiny at Stalingrad accompanied by a blunder in containment == fall of Stalin- and could Russia survive that?

Discuss, ladies and gents.