Fascist Italy's prime-minister Mussolini is arrested following the Allies landing in Sicily. Meanwhile, Soviet troops plan their offense towards Kyiv. Lt. Col. Lukin's regiment crosses the Dnieper river as the division's vanguard. Unbeknownst to them, they're merely a ploy to mislead the Germans so the rest of the army can catch them off guard.
Fritz Diez
Hitler
Nikolay Olyalin
Tsvetaev
Larisa Golubkina
Zoya
Ivo Garrani
Mussolini
Vladimir Samoylov
Gromov
Vsevolod Sanayev
Lukin
Boris Zajdenberg
Capt. Orlov
Mikhail Ulyanov
Gen. Zhukov
