In late September 1941, the war in the east was approaching a climax. After inflicting a defeat on the Soviet armies at Kiev in early September, Hitler re-directed the victorious Wehrmacht armies toward Moscow. This title details the battle that took place right up to the suburbs of Moscow itself.

Includes maps of: Strategic Dispositions of the Eastern Front, 30 SEP 1941; Dispositions on the Moscow Axis, 30 SEP 1941; German Attacks and Soviet Reactions, 30 SEP-15 OCT 1941; Soviet Delaying Action at Mtensk; German Assault at Borodino; Defence of Tula and Guderian's Final Attacks, 29 OCT-5 DEC 1941; Yakhroma Bridgehead; Typhoon's Last Gasp, 15 NOV-5 DEC 1941; Initial Soviet Counterattacks and German Withdrawals, 5-16 DEC 1941.