re: WWII buffs: let's talk about Germany's biggest strategic blunder

I would argue the main reason and one that gets little play for not only Germany but also Japans defeat is oil. Hitler fricked up when he split his forces in Russia, sending the bulk to Stalingrad and the rest south to take the oil fields in and around Baku. They ended up getting tied down in the mountains and never made it to the oil. Hitler should have sent all his forces straight there and saved Stalingrad for after winter.

Also the main reason for Japan bombing PH was oil and there blunder of not hitting our oil storages when they did attack was a huge saving grace for us. They needed the British oil in Burma and the Indies and they assumed the US would be entering the war and knew that the pacific fleet would make it near impossible for them to transport the oil back to Japan.