It wasn't about lack of industrial know how, it was the policy of Autarky. The Nazi regime literally starved itself of essential manufacturing and war time resources.
They knew for example that they only had enough oil, with the limited mechanized forces they had, for operational effectiveness until autumn 1941. After that Germany would never again have the resources for grand operations on the strategic level of operation barbarossa. They needed to get to the oil fields of the Caucasus region which they did not even get close to due to some screwed up leadership decisions.
Fall blau was a pale comparison to the earlier operations and Germany's logistics system and resources were beyond tipping point.
And then when it came to Kursk all they could really manage was a single limited scope battle.
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It wasn't about lack of industrial know how, it was the policy of Autarky. The Nazi regime literally starved itself of essential manufacturing and war time resources.
They knew for example that they only had enough oil, with the limited mechanized forces they had, for operational effectiveness until autumn 1941. After that Germany would never again have the resources for grand operations on the strategic level of operation barbarossa. They needed to get to the oil fields of the Caucasus region which they did not even get close to due to some screwed up leadership decisions.
Fall blau was a pale comparison to the earlier operations and Germany's logistics system and resources were beyond tipping point.
And then when it came to Kursk all they could really manage was a single limited scope battle.