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- Written a week before the Battle of Stalingrad (July 17, 1942 – February 2, 1943) this brief article made the following points concerning the status of the two armies before the battle began:
- German momentum: Armored and motorized German formations were moving across southern Russia toward Stalingrad and threatening the communications link between Moscow and the Caucasus.
- Soviet position: The Red Army was generally withdrawing in good order rather than being destroyed. At Voronezh, Soviet resistance had reportedly imposed heavy German losses in troops and tanks.
- Potential reserves: The article contends that the Soviet Union likely held a reserve army for a counteroffensive at a more favorable moment.
- Likely battlefield: It expected a major struggle for the northern Caucasus along the Don, or between the Don and Volga if German troops crossed the river, possibly near Stalingrad.
- Supply routes: Even if Stalingrad fell and cut the Caucasus off from the north, Allied aid could still reach southern Soviet armies through Iran and northern armies through Murmansk and Archangel.
