2nd Edition, revised and revised. Mark Solonin's book "June 22, or When did the Great Patriotic War start?" has long become a historical bestseller, withstanding dozens of reprints and selling record copies. But since its first publication of the past more than five years, over the years new information on the history of the Second World War has become available, many new documents and studies have been published that require study and rethinking. Therefore, the author returned to work on the book and actually rewrote it again. This is not just a second edition, revised, expanded and revised - THIS IS A NEW BOOK by a popular historian.