The true history of the Normandy - Neman air regiment

The history of the creation and combat path of the legendary air regiment "Normandy - Neman", which has become a symbol of alliance, is based on French and Soviet archival documents, including those that have become available recently, as well as on the memoirs of the pilots themselves. From the book S.V. Dubov you will find out:
- how it was decided to create a French military unit on the Soviet front and how the squadron grew to the regiment, and later to the division,
- Why de Gaulle, negotiating with Britain, nevertheless decided to send the military units of Free France to the Soviet Union,
- Why, of all the Franco-Soviet projects, only the project of the pilots were sent, and the infantry brigade formed from French prisoners never appeared on the Soviet front,
- Why did the USSR, having accepted the pilots, abandoned French mechanics - why they willingly took immigrants from white emigrant families to the air regiment, including from the noble families of prominent opponents of Bolshevism,
- Why did the Brittan air regiment not arrive in the USSR and the Paris Avia was disbanded,
- Why did the USSR refused to arm the French Air Force Yak-3 aircraft and which of the famous pilots after the war became a Soviet intelligence officer,
- Why did Stalin insist on the figure of de Gaulle even after the allies have already replaced him with General Giro?