About the book: 2001 / The recently republished memoirs of German military leaders, filling many gaps in Soviet historiography, created a certain imbalance in the public understanding of the Second World War. It's time to balance the scales. This is the first of a series of books presenting a “Soviet” view of the events about which Manstein, Guderian, Mellenthin, Tippelskirch wrote. In a certain sense, Commissar N. Popel can be considered a “Soviet Mellentin.” Both went through the war from the first to the last day, both fought in tank forces and took part in the most striking and memorable operations of their armies. The reader will see a picture of the largest tank battle of 1941 - a border battle on the Southwestern Front in the Dubno-Lutsk-Brody area. Do you know what really happened in the summer and autumn of 1941? Read it - and the history of the Great Patriotic War will never again seem simple and unambiguous to you