. . "Plans for the recapture of the capital had been made since the start of the year, but Stalin needed to make sure the Soviet Army was well prepared to confront the German military power and then to start pushing them back into Central Europe."@en . . . . . "Plans for the recapture of the capital had been made since the start of the year, but Stalin needed to make sure the Soviet Army was well prepared to confront the German military power and then to start pushing them back into Central Europe."@en . . . . "The Battle for Moscow (Hitler's World)"@en .