Adolf Hitler said last week that he had beaten Russia. He meant that he was beating Russia. He may have had good reason to be sure of the eventual outcome, but he still had a heap of winning to do before he could lay a bearskin on Germany's living-room floor.
He still had to defeat the remaining Ukraine armies of the whiskery horseman, Semion Budenny (see p. 21). He still had to crack Odessa, with its cauterizing artillery. He still had to take the Crimea, with its naval base. He still had to crush Leningrad, with its 16 divisions and millions...
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