Despite the tens of thousands of publications on the Soviet-German war, its true story is still missing. In a variety of "ideologically" works of political workers, generals, party historians useless to look for answers to questions about how and why the Red Army retreated to the Volga, how and why were lost in the war 27 million people. The truth about the war, despite the fact that since its completion 60 years have passed, still with great difficulty making its way through the mountains of lies. One of the few Russian authors trying to recreate the crumbs of her true picture is V.V.Beshanov. In this book, he examines the training of the Red Army in the prewar period to the "future battles with the imperialists." What were the people who led the armed forces of the USSR, what weapons they ordered the designers looked like the Soviet military doctrine, what methods to prepare for war officer corps, rank and file soldiers and reservists, how it turned out in the fields v1941-1942 years.