Were the Germans really that good?

[Steel God]

My opinions of Rommel are not taken from film,but from having read his book The Rommel Papers. His keen insight into what would happen after the allies got airsuperiority, and living it in the Afrikan campaign showed he knew what would happen after the allies landed on D-day. As far as Russian Campaign goes,he wanted to attack russia after finishing off the British in north Afrika and taking the oil fields in the south from the Middle East.

I would say that his appreciation of Allied Air Superiority based on his experiences in North Africa are valid points, but not sure they justify labeling him as the best, or one of the best, German Generals. While he could spot that reality easily enough he was blind to many other realities. To even dream enough to write in a book that he could envision the Germans capturing even Egypt, let alone the ME Oil Fields is delusional on his part. The Axis could not logistically support a larger force than what they had there, in fact what they had there could not be supported as the ill advised advance to Alamein proved. While he was brilliant in the field, Rommel was really out of his depth above the level of a Corp Commander. In a theater like Russia you might have never heard of him as he would have been one of so many Corp Commanders.

Once the Germans started to Moscow and failded it gave the Russians hope that the Germans could be defeated. Taking Moscow would of left a lot of troops with no where to go. A army that is not mobile against a army that is will lose everytime, again a point that Rommel found out in north Afrika.
I'm really starting to like this post a lot of Ideas have been tossed out that you would never think of.

Well, after taking Moscow it's not like they would have had "no where" to go. There would have been plenty of fighting left for them to do in Russia, but they would have been able to do it against a Red Army that would no longer be able to shift it's forces easily between the north - center - and southern parts of the front, nor could forces from the east have been used anywhere easily. Moscow was the rail hub for almost the entire country in 41, taking it would have been a major loss for the Soviets, but their Army wasn't going to just surrender after Moscow either....at least I don't think so.