September - October, 1941 - German 2nd Panzer Army under General Heinz Guderian's command captures Smolensk and is about to launch the final assault to Moscow when he is ordered to turn south toward Kiev to reinforce the 17th Army and 6th Army of Army Group South, because the OKH --the German Army High Command-- wants to destroy the bulk of Soviet forces concentrated in and around the city. Disobeying his orders, Guderian continues his advance and Moscow is taken by Christmas 1941. Due his insubordination, Guderian is removed from duty. A civil war in the Third Reich is coming.