About the book: 1971 / The author of the book, Martyn Ivanovich Merzhanov, was a war correspondent for Pravda during the Great Patriotic War. From the first day of the war until the victorious May 1945, he was in active army units. This book is the memoirs of a war correspondent, in which he reconstructs his front-line notes about the last days of the war. The author has seen, experienced and felt much of what is described in it. The book is intended for the general reader.