About the book: 2012 / The book brought to your attention is compiled on the basis of materials from the newspaper "Red Star", covering little-known pages of the Second World War, with In this regard, a special place is given to the defense of Moscow. Readers will find out why Hitler did not attack the USSR in May 1941, and whether the collapse of the German Operation Typhoon was connected with Japan’s refusal to enter the war. Famous historians present their vision of the events of the Great Patriotic War.