A new book from a recognized master of the genre! Based on real events, it tells the story of the fate of the young commander of the Red Army, Vasily Gladkov. First arriving at the front in December 1939, Vasily—though with a brief pause—continued fighting the enemies of our homeland until the very Victory. First came the bloody Winter War, where Gladkov and his platoon, drowning in snow, broke through the grimly famous Mannerheim Line. Then the terrible Great Patriotic War: the battle of Smolensk, the Battle for Moscow, Stalingrad. Don’t look in this book for loud feats—this is only the harsh trench truth of the Great War, in which our fathers defeated fascism.