The events of the Rzhev-Vyazemsky battles are often interpreted with great casualties suffered by the Red Army during the Great Patriotic War. This partly has its own truth. The purpose of this book is to understand in more detail and objectively all the events of that difficult time for the country. One of the reasons for the tragedy in the death of Soviet soldiers was the weak leadership of the Supreme Command Headquarters, the command of the Western Front led by General G.K. Zhukov, their gross tactical mistakes. Instead of strengthening the Red Army, promoting its successes, harsh repressions and punitive measures were carried out in the ranks of the army, and often innocent officers and soldiers were shot, as a rule, in front of companies or battalions.