From the border to Leningrad. The truth against the myths of 1941

In the summer of 1941, when the German divisions moved in the Baltic states 70 km per day, it might seem that the fall of Leningrad was only a matter of time, moreover, of a few weeks. For some, this is an occasion to curse our "mediocre command", the demon ... the neck (in the words of Stalin) the beginning of the war and the millions of soldier"s lives paid for its own mistakes. Others will recall that Administration was the weakest of all the special districts, that in the early days of the war he was shocked by two Wehrmacht tank groups at once, that the Red Army fought in the territory with the unfriendly population, which was in the northwest, under the Salt, was applied The most successful counterattack of 1941, that Leningrad still managed to keep.
This book, based on the materials of not only domestic, but also German archives, for the first time restores a complete picture of the battles in the northwest direction: not a lonely KV-2, but a grand tank battle under Rasyanya, not a rapid "blitzkrieg", but Positional "Verdins", which dominates in the sky, Soviet aircraft, a team of competent and bright staff, remaining in the shadow of Marshal Voroshilov, rapid counterattacks that destroyed the plans of the aggressors. Refuting the common myths and turning the previous performances, this study pays tribute to the feat of the Red Army that defended Leningrad