“Not a step back!” - The Soviet marines were faithful to this oath on all fronts. “Black Devils” is a nickname the Marines earned during the Great Patriotic War. The Germans dubbed them the “Black Death.” "Polundra!" – their battle cry terrified the enemy. Having bitten the ribbons of their caps, opening their peacoats so that their vests were visible, the Marines are making a breakthrough! This book contains for the first time interviews with Marines of the Great Patriotic War. This is the front-line truth of those who did not bow to bullets either in the Crimea, or near Leningrad, or on Malaya Zemlya, or in Korea. Those who became “black death” for the Nazis and Japanese.