About the book: 2005 / The book tells about the secret operations of Soviet military intelligence, helps to find answers to the questions: what information about Hitler’s preparations for the attack on the USSR was obtained by the military scouts? How did J.V. Stalin feel about military intelligence data? Which other leaders of the Soviet state had access to information from the Main Intelligence Directorate? How was intelligence information taken into account by the General Staff? How did military intelligence officers act during the defense of Moscow and during the Battle of Stalingrad? The book published new declassified documents, for the first time the names of GRU officers and generals who operated both abroad and in the rear of German troops were named. “The Secret Front of the General Staff” is a book about the fate of military intelligence officers and secret military intelligence operations, which had a direct impact on the most important events that took place on the eve and first years of the Great Patriotic War.