About the book: 2020 / In this book you will find comprehensive information about the work of military intelligence during the Great Patriotic War. The author, Vladimir Ivanovich Boyko, Doctor of Historical Sciences, a former personnel intelligence officer of the Main Directorate of the GRU of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, was known to Soviet readers under the pseudonym Vladimir Lota. In his book, he comprehensively covers historical events in Europe and the United States and correlates them with military operations Soviet intelligence. This allows you to understand the logic of many decisions of the leadership of the USSR. After reading “GRU at the Edge of Victory”, you will learn how German leaders divided Europe back in 1938, why Stalin could not objectively assess the degree of military threat from Nazi Germany, and Beria did not trust the reports of illegal immigrants , thanks to which the USSR withstood the crushing blow of the Third Reich. How military intelligence officers prevented Hitler's chemical attack and obtained materials from the American atomic project. Who and what benefits in the world received from the arms trade during the Great Patriotic War. The book is based on documented facts and archival documents of the GRU, which were declassified at the request of the author. It was with his light hand that new pages were opened in the history of the activities of military intelligence officers Yan Chernyak, Arthur Adams and Georges Koval, who as a result were awarded the title of Hero of Russia.