About the book: 2014 / “Only fools learn from their mistakes - smart people learn from others!” - said Bismarck. What lessons did the Great Patriotic War teach us and why are they so relevant to this day? Who did Stalin's USSR really fight against - the Third Reich or all of Europe? Who was the main “arsonist” of the world fire – Hitler or Churchill? What is the main reason for our defeats and monstrous losses in 1941, and is there a threat of a repetition of the tragedy today? And if, God forbid, there is war again tomorrow, has today’s Russia learned the lessons of World War II? Are we capable, following the example of our grandfathers, to defend our Motherland? Answering the main questions of history, this book proves: everything was not at all as the textbooks lie!