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Originally Posted by csThor
3.) Fuel was the other major achilles heel of the Red Army. It was dependent on oil coming from the Caucasian fields and the Allies had airfields within striking distance. A crippling blow to soviet oil production was theoretically possible ... and it would have been just as effective as the attacks against the german synthetic fuel works in 1944.
On the other hand the Red Army had a considerable numerical superiority over the allied ground forces - at least initially - and combined with the fact that allied ground forces just weren't used to considerable losses and an enemy on par with them the Red Army may very well have given them a beating.
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That is the reason I think that time would have had a big meaning here. Russians would partly succeed in driving Yanks back to France if they attacked rightaway after conquering Berlin. Every history buff knows that western Alies did plan a what-if scenario against Stalin. And there is much material to think that German forces (even if short of basicly everything) would have been succesfully deployed against the Red Army, if given the American resources.
Also, both sides did not have their front lines at the same strenght in every single spot because both were stretched pretty much. A well planned strike by either one of them could inflict serious damage. That said, IMO allies would need some time to get organised while the Reds could take the nominal superiority both on the ground and in the air.