The first day of the war. Error or betrayal. Kozinkin O.

This book sums up more than an eleven -year study by the author of the topic of the tragedy on June 22, 1941. It examines the military plans of the Soviet General Staff in their dynamic change from 1939 before the start of the war. The author, based on genuine documents of that era, analyzes the reasons for the ineffective actions of the Soviet troops at the initial stage of the war, as well as in detail, by hours and minutes shows the events of the last pre -war peaceful days, clearly analyzing the decisions of the Soviet leadership and their execution on the ground, which ultimately led to disaster June 22.

a special place in the book is occupied by the figure of G.K. Zhukov, his role in preparation for the war is shown and carefully outlined actions in the last days before the war.

The book also discusses the reasons for the beginning of the war and failures of the Soviet troops at its first stage, a comparison was compared between them represented Soviet marshals immediately after the war, and how they are described by officers of the modern Russian General Staff.