A unique encyclopedia of leading military historians. The first illustrated guide to the Great Patriotic War. The complete history of the war in one volume. The Great Patriotic War still remains in many ways an “unknown war” - no matter how much you write about individual battles, “you can’t see the forest for the trees.” When you stare at the canvas, you don’t see a picture, but only a meaningless chaos of brushstrokes and colored spots. In order for them to make sense and for an image to begin to take shape, you will have to step back at least a couple of steps: “big things are seen from a distance.” Likewise, the greatest tragedy of the 20th century cannot be comprehended in fragments - only with a single glance. A new book by the best military historians provides such an opportunity for the first time. This is not just a chronicle of battles; More than a chronicle of military operations, it is a grandiose panorama of the Great Patriotic War, allowing you to see it in all its details, entirely, volumetrically, “in 3D”, not only in the smallest details, but also in all its grandeur.