TWO BESTSELLERS IN ONE VOLUME! The first complete publication of the most truthful, piercing and bitter testimonies about the Great Patriotic War. The real “trench truth” - without censorship, omissions or embellishments. Two years ago, V. Pershanin’s book “The Mortal Field” became a real discovery, the best debut in the military historical genre. Its sequel, “Penalties, Scouts, Infantry,” consolidated its success, selling in record numbers. In this edition, both bestsellers are united under one cover for the first time. This is an amazing confession of veterans who survived the most brutal battles of the most terrible war since the beginning of time - scouts and tank crews, penalty soldiers and paratroopers, machine gunners, armor-piercers, artillerymen, anti-aircraft gunners, infantrymen... Their artless stories will give you chills and a lump in your throat. This is the whole truth about what our grandfathers and great-grandfathers had to go through, what blood they paid for the Great Victory.