This book is a presentation of the main events of the Second World War, revealing their semantic implications and some, sometimes unexpected, comparisons (the relationship between the Battle of Moscow and the attack on Pearl Harbor, the election of Patriarch Sergius, the creation of a new anthem of the USSR, etc.) .The text examines most of the “hot” topics: the financing of the German Nazis by Anglo-American bankers, the purge of the Red Army in 1937, the reasons for the defeats of 1941, the essence of the Vlasov and Bandera movements... The book is written in simple, accessible language, replete with documents and quotes from the works of other authors (more than 550 links to sources). The book is intended for a wide range of readers.