Good article, and the sidebar pieces it links to are also interesting. I reciently read the book “How Hitler Could Have Won WW 2” and it touches on some of those same items. The author’s position is that if Hitler had focused on North Africa, which was poorly defended, he could have swept easily all the way into the Russian oil fields and then swung North. It’s a good read, and while I don’t agree with all the conclusions by any means, it was more than worth the time spent.

RBS