The author of the book is Fyodor Davydovich Sverdlov, Doctor of Historical Sciences, professor, retired colonel. Born in October 1921 in Kharkov into a working-class family. He graduated with honors from high school and artillery school. From the first to the last days of the Great Patriotic War - at the fronts. Wounded three times. War disabled. Awarded 6 military orders. In 1949, he graduated from the Military Academy named after M.V. with a Gold Medal. Frunze, in 1952 - her adjunct. He was an associate professor and then a professor at this academy for more than 30 years. He published 15 books, 8 of which were translated in many countries, and more than 330 printed works on the heroism of troops, the theory and history of military art.