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After all this dancing around run through the guesswork of Szálasi about the German and Soviet plans. He says the Germans couldn't plan anything but defense for '43. Why? The mobilization of the country for total war demands full attention, if they were divided the efforts between the buildup and an offensive campaign both would have been doomed. With the Allies trying to undermine the unity of the inner theater with their subversive activity even more so. This rot was fanned by the Northern African landing of the A Then the Soviet demanded from the Anglos that second front to open up. A German offensive would have needed the concentration of troops to the east, which would have allowed the Anglos to land somewhere between the Seine and the Weser. But keeping to just defend, they shattered the Allied plans, and forced the Anglos to settle with opening the Italian front, which failure made the Soviet not to accept it as a second front. So the Western Allies had to resort to the bombing campaign of the hinterland which they also tried to dress up as a second front. He praises the Germans their foresight and prudence they decided to play for time during '43. They formulated a Strategic Plan, and they executing it consciously, with "iron consistency", and they work independently from the will of the enemy, they force those to react despite they are on the defense, preserving the initiative.