The heroes of this amazing book are those commanders of the Red Army (representatives of its elite, the highest level of command staff), who, having been illegally repressed in the 1930s, nevertheless were released from the prisons and camps of the NKVD in 1939-1941, before the beginning of the Great Patriotic War: K.V. Rokossovsky, K.A. Meretskov, M.P. Mager, V.A. Zaitsev, A.V. Gorbatov, K.N. Galitsky... Using unique archival documents, the author, the famous military historian N.S. Cherushev, reveals to the reader the tragedy and greatness of human destinies, those who, in the most difficult, undeservedly befallen trials and on the battlefields, remained faithful to the Fatherland and brought closer the hour of victory over the enemy.