Having won the main summer battle of 1942, the Soviet command continues to improve the strategic position of the Red Army. Developing success, mechanized corps again cut through the enemy’s defenses, strategic troops landed on foreign shores, the front line rapidly rolled back to the borders of the USSR, and long-range aviation delivered crushing blows to the enemy’s deep rear. But the main intrigue lies ahead. To what depths of sin can the leadership of the Third Reich reach in vain attempts to avoid final defeat?