1945. Year of the Great Victory. "The finest hour" of the Soviet people. The date of the greatest triumph in Russian history. However, even now, 75 years after the Victory, the finale of the Great Patriotic War, the fierce Battle of Berlin, raises many questions. What were the real losses in the Berlin operation? Was it possible to do without the storming of the Seelow Heights? Was it really " competition" between Zhukov and Konev? And, finally, was it worth storming Berlin at all? The proposed book by leading military historian Alexei Isaev not only scrupulously analyzes the course of the Battle of Berlin, but also gives an objective assessment of the actions of the parties, irrefutably proving that the Berlin offensive operation is rightfully considered one of the most successful and exemplary in history.