Readers are already familiar with the first part of N. G. Kuznetsov's memoir "The Day Before." The author devoted the second part to the events of 1941-1943. the participation of sailors in the defense of Hanko, Libava, Tallinn. Odessa. Sevastopol, Moscow. Leningrad. Stalingrad, the largest fleet operations in the North, the Baltic and the Black Sea. The role of the party and the Soviet government in leading the armed struggle of our people is widely shown in the book.