The war in the East has begun! Here is the world's most widely read book on World War II, which has survived many editions and has been translated into many languages. The visiting card of the author Paul Karel has long been a brilliant literary language, fascination and liveliness of the presentation of the tragic and bloody events of the war. The pages of the book describe the fighting of the German Wehrmacht from the fateful date of June 22, 1941 to the defeat at Stalingrad in February 1943. The author was based on the memories of the direct participants in the events - German soldiers, officers and generals, which will help the domestic reader see the war as the enemy saw it.