About the book: 2015 / The name of Marshal of the Armored Forces Mikhail Katukov is not very well known now. But everyone who was interested in the progress of the Berlin operation remembers what the Seelow Heights are. But it was Katukov’s tanks that broke the enemy’s defenses there. And it all started in the fall of 1941, when enemy tanks were rushing towards Moscow. But at the decisive moment, along with other formations, their path was blocked by the 4th Tank Brigade under the command of Mikhail Efimovich, the author of this book. A tanker who was able to stand in the way of Guderian himself and reach the enemy capital through all the famous battles of the Great War. He spoke about himself and about the war.