I stood at the gate of Moscow. Front Diary of the Commander of the Army Group Center

Not intended for the publication of the revelation of one of the best military leaders of the German army are of particular value because they were recorded not many years after the war, but in hot traces of battles in the USSR. In 1941, Field Marshal Fedor von Bock (1880-1945) commanded the strongest association of the Wehrmacht-the Army Group of Center ", and the operation of the Barbarossa operation, June 22, the Caulship near Minsk, Smolensk Battle Moscow, when German troops were stopped only 23 kilometers from the Kremlin, were bloodless, defeated and thrown to the west. Unlike many other Nazi commanders, he tried to be closer to the front edge and delved deeper in the ups and downs of battles: in the summer of 1941, in the direction of the main blow, in the spring-summer of the 42nd on the southern section of the Eastern Front-near Kharkov and Voronezh.
The reader through the eyes of von Bock himself, after the surrender of Paris, who took the parade on the Champs Elysees, will see the military car of the Third Reich from the inside, its successes and failures, the relationship of the highest command personnel, as well as their difficult relations with the Fuhrer.

"Voluntarily or involuntarily, we are looking for a mirror in the enemy’s look at the war, which reflects the successes and failures of our fathers and grandfathers. After all, it was their military work that forced Hitler twice to remove from the command by the Army Group of such an undoubtedly talented military leader, like Fedor von Bock ... " - Alexei Isaev, candidate of historical sciences