What myths did post-Soviet propagandists invent about that war? How much did Red Army soldiers get for destroying enemy equipment, and what could they buy with that money? In the winter of 1941–1942 near Moscow, German soldiers freezing in severe cold were “caringly” supplied with wagons of French red wine instead of warm clothes, alcohol, and felt boots—the wine on the way turned into blocks of ice. To starving soldiers of Paulus in Stalingrad, transport “Junkers” delivered old newspapers, foreign orders, a major and other equally “necessary cargoes.” Was this the work of Soviet intelligence, a secret sabotage by German anti-fascists… or what?
This book is the first large-scale and genuinely sensational investigation into the role that money played in World War II. Was there a conspiracy? And who stood behind it?
Real documents are provided—documents that have still been kept in the archives of Russia, Germany, and the United States!