From the very first days of the war the USSR capital had been preparing to defense.
Institutions and plants, embassies and ministries were evacuated. In order to organize the defense of Moscow and stifle the fascist offensive, Marshal Zhukov was called from Leningrad to Moscow.
According to the plan of German Operation Typhoon, all power of Army Group Center thrust was directed towards Moscow. Zhukov needed reserve and time, but he had none of them. And the German troops were being reinforced again and again.
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