They were among those who took their first battle at dawn on June 22. They will go through the war “from bell to bell.” They will reach Berlin. But it will be four years later. And for now—they need to survive the fiery summer of 41.
Two brothers—an attack pilot and a tanker. Two fates burned by the same war. Two lives thrown onto the scales of the Great Victory.
They will have to retreat from the very border—up to Moscow and Stalingrad. Burn in knocked-out tanks and aircraft. Break out of encirclements and claw their way back from the other world in hospitals. Experience the bitterness of the first defeats and the joy of the first victories. Stop the Germans near Moscow. And drive them back to the West.
They were soldiers.
They fought for the Motherland.
They—won.