The author was a fighter pilot for the Soviet Union during World War II. He was made a Hero of the Soviet Union on two separate occasions (24 May, 1943 and July 1, 1944). He scored 61 confirmed personal victories and 4 additional shared victories in air combat. As such, he is the third highest scoring Soviet pilot in World War II. He began the war in the air over Moldova in 1941.

Air War over the Baltic - anti-shipping operations.

Operation Typhoon in 1941, winter fight for Moscow. All facts, names, titles and details.

The Toropets–Kholm Offensive was a military operation conducted south of Lake Ilmen by the Red Army during World War II, from 9 January-6 February 1942. The operation contributed to the formation of the Kholm Pocket, the encirclement of the Wehrmacht's II. Army Corps in the Demiansk Pocket, and the destruction of the German Wehrmacht's 189th Infantry Regiment near Andreapol.

The book is dedicated to examining the controversial views of Viktor Suvorov on the Soviet military.

Aleksandr Vasil'evich Gorbatov had a difficult journey, from a soldier in the tsar's army, to commander of the armed units of the Soviet Armed Forces and the commander-in-chief of the newly created air forces. In his book, the legendary general talks about the twists and turns of fate, as well as his many trials and tribulations. A poor, half-starved childhood, Stalin's repressions, years of...