About the book: 2008 / Colleagues nicknamed Andrei Lavrentievich Getman “Hetman of the Tank Forces” - like the famous Cossack atamans, he was a thunderstorm for enemies and a true “father” for his subordinates His tank division defended Moscow. His tank corps beat the Germans on the Kursk Bulge. His guards tank army liberated Ukraine, cleared Poland of fascists and stormed Berlin. However, General Getman himself undeservedly remained in the shadow of such recognized luminaries of the tank war as Katukov, Rybalko, Rotmistrov. This book restores justice and pays tribute to one of the best tank commanders of the Great Patriotic War.