User blog:SupcommMonroee/What was the Most Decisive Battle?

What do you think the most decisive battle in history is, and why?

I would say Stalingrad in WWII. Not saying that this would alter the outcome of the war, though. Stalin's fourteen time zones of communism were (and are) literally impossible to conquer. Germany (with all of its occupied European territory) was a pea compared to the U.S.S.R.
 * It sits on the Volga, and with Astrakhan, Germany would gain great power.
 * Germany would block supplies coming through Iran and Iraq
 * Germany would have control over Grozny, Maikop, and Baku (major oilfields)
 * Germany could flank the entire region around Moscow
 * It would secure Germany's Southern flank
 * It would prevent Kursk
 * Germany would control many major railroad hubs

Also, Hitler was an idiot. Yes, he's a horrible person and all, and that makes him horribly... Stupid, I guess, but he also made some real 'tarded decisions.
 * HURR DURR DON'T MAKE AUTOMATIC RIFLES HURR DURR STICK WITH SMG's
 * HURR DURR KEEP MAKING TIGER I'S AND KINGTIGERS EVEN THOUGH ALL MY GENERALS SAY THE PANTHER IS BETTER
 * HURR DURR DON'T BOMB BRITAIN'S INDUSTRIAL TARGETS AND RUNWAYS
 * HURR DURR 2ND SS PANZERS DON'T ADVANCE ON DUNKIRK THERE AREN'T 300,000 ALLIED SOLDIERS THERE OR SOMETHING HURR DURR
 * HURR DURR DON'T REINFORCE NORMANDY FOR A WEEK IT'S NOT LIKE THERE'S AN INVASION GOING ON OR SOMETHING
 * HURR DURR DON'T SHOW THE VOLKSSTURM PICTURES OF THE EPIC ROCKET-SHOOTING STURMTIGER SO THEY DON'T SHOOT ONE OF TWENTY EVER MANUFACTURED WITH A VALUABLE PANZERFAUST