Although the Russian front remained the battlefield Germany valued most, and the one into which the German Army and Air Force had committed their main strength, as the German military's main forces gradually withdrew from Moscow and Yuzefgrad and were increasingly replaced by troops from the satellite states, the German Emperor and the German military's leading figures had already shifted their gaze away from the Russians.
What they were now focused on was the United States across the ocean. Compared with Russia, which Germany had already dealt a crushing blow and was even on the verge of knocking down, the United States, this potential enemy, could be considered Germany's true enemy—perhaps even its greatest enemy. With the slightest misstep, Germany could suffer a crushing loss at the hands of the Americans.
The situation on the Russian front was now extremely favorable to Germany. The German military merely needed to steadily wear down the Russian army's living strength to bring Russia to its knees. There were still several months before winter arrived. Within those months, destroying most of the Russian army's living strength and capturing Moscow and Yuzefgrad would not be difficult.
However, the United States across the ocean undoubtedly represented the truly enormous threat to Germany. Once war broke out between the United States and Germany, Germany's main forces would without question shift toward the Atlantic Ocean.
Fortunately, the German Navy was immensely powerful. If the United States wanted to threaten Europe, or even the German homeland, it would first have to defeat the German Navy. Otherwise, it would simply be unable to pose any substantive threat to Germany.
Even if an accident truly occurred and the German Navy was defeated, Germany and its satellite states still had millions, perhaps even more, troops deployed in the western Atlantic Ocean. Combined