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ConTEnTS
F E A T U R E S
6 Counterstroke at Soltsy:
July 1941 the Road to Leningrad
The Blitzkrieg receives an early check as the Red Army
takes on the Wehrmacht.
by Vance von Borries
20 Catherine the Great:
Strategy in the Age of Enlightenment
In an era of limited wars and enlightened monarchs,
the Russians build an empire.
by Joseph Miranda