Glavnaia kniga vedushchego voennogo istorika. Oproverzhenie samykh raskhozhikh mifov o Vtoroi Mirovoi. Razoblachenie samykh nelepykh stereotipov, naviazannykh nam literaturoi i kinematografom. Preslovutye Ð"«shmaiseryÐ"» i vezdesushchie pikiruiushchie bombardirovshchiki, Ð"«neuiazvimyeÐ"» Ð"«tridtcatchetverkiÐ"» i Ð"«tigryÐ"», Ð"«nepreodolimaiaÐ"» linii Mannergeima, zaoblachnye scheta asov Liuftvaffe, reaktivnoe Ð"«chudo-oruzhieÐ"», ataki v konnom stroiu na tanki i t.d. i t.p. вÐ"“ etot bestseller ne ostavliaet kamnia na kamne ot samykh naviazchivykh shtampov, iskazhaiushchikh pamiat o Vtoroi Mirovoi, i vosstanavlivaet podlinnuiu istoriiu reshaiushchei voiny XX veka.