Mistakes in military policy have already been corrected, and rearmament of the Red Army is moving ahead of history. A revolutionary strategy of the Deep Operation has already been tested in Spain (“Stalin’s blitzkrieg”). The tragedy of 1937 has already been prevented, and the cleansing of the USSR of the Yid-Trotskyists did not turn into mass repressions under the principle “The trees are being cut—sparks fly.”
And now Marshal Tukhachevsky is waiting for new front-line assignments in Czechoslovakia and at Khalkhin Gol, liberation campaigns in Poland and Finland—where there is a chance to avoid enormous losses and to acquire the combat experience the troops need with “a little blood.” But not enough to return with victory, having justified the Leader’s trust—you also have to survive the Kremlin “bulldogs’ brawl under the carpet.” Because, contrary to the lies of anti-Stalinists, Joseph Vissarionovich is by no means omnipotent; his entourage sometimes resembles a jar of spiders, and the remnants of enemies are preparing an assassination not only of Stalin, but also of his best marshal…