About the book: 2015 / For the first time since the beginning of the war, the Red Army has a noticeable numerical superiority in both human resources and military equipment. Not allowing the Germans to come to their senses, to continue a series of offensive operations, despite harsh weather conditions - this is the goal of the plan of front-line operations for the winter season, approved at the Headquarters of the Supreme High Command. Speaking on the radio on New Year's Eve 1944, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR M.I. Kalinin notes: ... our successes in 1943 are enormous. But for complete victory over the enemy, we all need to, both at the front and in the rear, following the call of the leader, strain all our strength, energy and will to achieve this goal...” In the sixteenth book of the Chronicle of Victory “The Third Military Winter. Part 1" included: the battle for the Dnieper, the Kiev defensive operation, the Lower Dnieper strategic, Kerch-Eltigen, Gorodok, Dnieper-Carpathian strategic, Kirovograd, Kalinkovichi-Mozyr offensive operations. In carrying out these operations of the Red Army, great assistance is provided by partisans and underground fighters, who rely on the help and support of millions of Soviet people who find themselves under the heel of the enemy. The continuous and rapid growth of partisan forces is a characteristic feature of the partisan movement. The struggle of the Soviet people behind enemy lines has a huge impact on the development of the Resistance movement in European countries. This struggle is a wonderful example for all patriots and inspires them to heroic deeds in the name of liberating their countries from fascist tyranny. The book includes daily sections: military operations in other theaters of the Second World War; on the labor front; Let's remember how it was; the role of the Allies in World War II; historical facts of World War II from different countries; from archival materials and documents of the current day (directives, orders, decrees of the Supreme High Command, correspondence of Stalin with Churchill and Roosevelt, the situation in Leningrad, reports of the Sovinformburo, etc.) and 296 illustrations (photos, maps of military operations, posters, etc. .). The book also includes vivid heroic episodes, memoirs of war correspondents, military leaders, officers, soldiers of both Soviet and Wehrmacht, and their letters. The publication is intended for historians, researchers, military personnel of the Russian Federation, the younger generation and a wide range of readers.