From the publisher The obvious advantage of this book is the high degree of reliability of the analysis of a number of the most important events of two wars - the First World War and the Great Patriotic War, based on data from historical and archival documents. Using the example of the 227th Epifansky Infantry Regiment (1914-1917), authentic documents on the procedure for serving in the tsarist army, disciplinary practice, registration of regular ranks, awards, wounds, etc. Considering that the history of the Great Patriotic War, unfortunately, is still largely unreliable, the author, discarding ideological adjustments, distortions and myths party apparatus of the Soviet period, was able to objectively, on the basis of archival documents, analyze such notable events of the Great Patriotic War as: the Narofominsk breakthrough of the Germans, the death of Army Commander-33 M.G. Efremov, the Rzhev-Vyazemsky operations (including “Mars”), the Kursk the battle and the Battle of Prokhorov, mistakes during the assault on the Seelow Heights and the entire Berlin operation, the reasons for the unjustifiably huge irretrievable losses of the army. The author proceeded from the position that history will sooner or later reward everyone with what they deserve. The book is intended for a wide range of readers who are not indifferent to the history of our Fatherland .

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The author is a participant in the Great Patriotic War, in the 60s. Colonel of the General Staff. The materials of this book have been published in recent years in the magazine “Military Historical Archive” in the form of separate articles.