The third book in the “Gates of War” series. The harsh Russian winter of 1941-42 began. As in our history, for the invaders from the Nazi Wehrmacht, who had already experienced their first defeat, it will become a cruel test, and for the soldiers and commanders of the heroic Red Army, as well as the soldiers and officers of the Expeditionary Forces, it will be a time of new brilliant victories. This book will have it all. Thundering with fire and sparkling with the brilliance of steel, the 4th Tank Brigade of Colonel Katukov will go into its first battle, the Russian Aerospace Forces will launch a devastating bomb attack on Berlin, and a group of Russian Expeditionary Forces, crushing Army Group North, will make a rapid breakthrough to Riga.