The Red Army, 1918-1939 -- Armed truce, 1939-1941 -- Opposing armies, 1941 -- Part I. First period of war: June 1941-November 1942 -- The German onslaught -- Soviet response -- To Moscow -- Rasputitsa, Spring 1942 -- Operation Blau: the German 1942 offensive -- Part II. Second period of war: November 1942-December 1943 -- Operation Uranus: the destruction of Sixth Army -- Rasputitsa and operational pause, Spring 1943 -- Kursk to the Dnepr -- Part III. Third period of war: January 1944-May 1945 -- Third winter of the war -- Operation Bagration: the death of Army Group Center -- Clearing the flanks -- Battles in the snow, winter 1944-1945 -- End game -- Conclusion.
