"First person accounts of World War II by Russian generals on the Eastern front."-- From the book jacket.

Includes index.

Foreword /Marshal Sergei Sokolov -- The Soviet Union in the Second World War -- The war begins: June 22, 1941 / Marshall Georgi Zhukov -- The battle of Moscow / Marshal Vasili Sokolovsky -- The battle of Stalingrad / Marshal Andrei Yeremenko -- Breaking the siege of Leningrad / Marshal Kirill Meretskov -- The tank battle at Kursk / Marshal Pavel Rotmistrov -- The liberation of Kiev / Marshal Ivan Yakubovsky -- The Korsun-Shevchenkovsky pocket / Marshal Ivan Konev -- Operation Bagration / Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky -- The liberation of the Crimea / Marshal Sergei Biryuzov -- Toward the Balkans / Marshal Rodion Malinovsky -- Breakthrough to the Baltic / Marshal Ivan Bagramyan -- The storming of the Königsberg / Marshal Alexander Novikov -- The capture of Budapest / Marshal Matvei Zakharov -- The fall of Berlin / Marshal Vasily Chuikov -- In the Far East / Marshal Alexander Vasilevsky -- Victory.