Po obe storony fronta. Neizvestnye fakty Velikoi Otechestvennoi voiny - Prokopenko Igor' Stanislavovich

70 years ago, Red Army soldiers hoisted the Soviet flag over the Reichstag. The Great Patriotic War, which claimed millions of lives and broke millions of destinies, ended with the unconditional victory of the USSR over Nazi Germany ... The book you hold in your hands is a model of this Russian documentary. The author visited Germany and the former Soviet republics, met with participants and eyewitnesses of the terrible events of 1941-45 to show both sides of this monstrous war. This is a story about heroes and traitors, about ordinary soldiers and officers, about pain and mutual help. What did the enemy believe? How did the German propaganda machine work and how difficult was it to fight it? What price do we still pay for a great victory? After all, more than half a century has passed, and the consequences of some Stalinist decisions to this day affect our relations with our closest neighbors - Ukraine, Georgia, the Baltic countries. The author of the book tried to find out whether it was possible to avoid some fatal mistakes and in this he is helped by participants of military actions, historians and former employees of special services.