After winning the main summer battle of 1942, Soviet command continues to improve the strategic situation of the Red Army. Building on the success, it again slices through the enemy’s defenses with mechanized corps; on foreign shores, strategic airborne landings are carried out; the front line rapidly rolls back to the borders of the USSR; and long-range aviation delivers devastating strikes deep into the enemy’s rear.
But the main intrigue is still ahead. How deep into depravity can the top leadership of the Third Reich sink in its futile attempts to avoid final defeat?