The crazy victory of the German army in 1941 made the world think that the Soviet army would no longer have the strength to survive christmas in 1941. This was indeed the craziest battle in human history, and it took less than half a year for the German army to break through to the city of Moscow, and even Stalin was ready to move the capital at this time.
But in fact, once Moscow was lost, the entire Soviet railway transport network would collapse in an instant. This is a weight that the Soviet Union cannot bear. But before the Germans occupied Moscow, the German siege in Kiev shocked the world even more. It only took more than a month for the German army to swallow 800,000 Soviet soldiers, and the German encirclement operation can be said to have shocked the world. This is perhaps the largest siege in the world, the last time dating back to the Battle of Changping.
These 800,000 Soviet troops were the living force of the Soviet army at that time, and was it necessary for the German army to immediately surround and annihilate them? In fact, the Germans were supposed to do just that. The victory at the Battle of Kiev greatly boosted the morale of the German army and made the Soviet army tremble with fear. Of the 800,000 Soviet troops wiped out, the Germans captured almost 600,000 prisoners, and if these prisoners could become part of the German army, the Strength of the German Army would be strong again.
It is irresponsible for some to assume that if the German Army Group Center does not redeploy its strength, then the German army will be able to occupy Moscow. The Soviet army was still quite powerful at that time, and moscow could not develop into a street battle like the Stalingrad Defense War. The real problems of the German army were on display at this time. The wild victory in the early stages of the war made the German army a little confused, and the tactics formulated by the German army from the beginning to occupy Moscow for three months were unrealistic. The Battle of Moscow will inevitably break out in the winter.
What the Germans should do was to eliminate the effective forces of the Soviet army to the greatest extent possible, and the Battle of Moscow could have been fought in the summer of 1942, when the Germans were fully prepared. But the Germans were in too much of a hurry. They want to realize the dream of the German army to dominate Europe in one go, and they are buried in this dream, what do you think?