Aleksander Maslov memorializes the Red Army generals of World War II at Germany's Eastern Front using formerly secret Soviet archival materials and interviews with families of the victims.

This English language edition of The Command and Staff of the Soviet Army Air Force in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945 was originally translated and published under the auspices of the United States Air Force. This book is devoted to the activities of the Soviet Army Air Force command and staff and representatives of the Supreme High Command General Headquarters at the fronts of the Great Patriotic War. The activities of the Soviet Army Air Force command and staff, of many generals and officers of the central administration, of Long-Range Aviation, of the air armies, of Frontal Aviation, and of many formations and units are described against the backdrop of the past war's greatest operations. All actions of the VVS command and staff are examined in close association with the activities of the General Staff.