 Complete the following phrase:  As the Soviet Union recovered from the initial shock and slowed down the Axis offensive at the Battle of Moscow October 1941  January 1942, Romania was asked by its allies to contribute a larger number of troops. A decisive factor in Antonescus compliance with the request appears to have been a special visit to Bucharest by Wehrmacht chief of staff Wilhelm Keitel, who introduced the Conducător to Hitlers plan for attacking the Caucasus see 