Last Battle of General Efremov

The author of this book has been studying the circumstances of the death of the surrounded group of troops of the 33rd Army under the command of Lieutenant General M.G. Efremov. In the course of his work, he was lucky to communicate with the latest direct participants in this tragedy and witnesses from among local residents.
Based on the archival materials of the operational departments of the headquarters of the Western Front and the 33rd Army, as well as the enemy documents discovered in the Nara archive (USA ), the author literally restores the picture of the events that occurred during the breakthrough of parts of the 33rd Army from the encirclement on April 14-19, 1942. Much attention is paid to the personality book of the commander of the 33rd Army, Lieutenant General M.G. Efremova, the circumstances of his death and burial by the enemy.
The book presents the unique memoirs of the commanders and Red Army soldiers of the 33rd Army, many of whom were in enemy captivity during the breakthrough from the encirclement and, having passed all the circles of Hell of the Nazi concentration camps, many years later, many years later After the war, they talked about this tragedy